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Faryar Mansuri
http://www.iranian.com/main/member/faryarm
Faryarm (Faryarm Mansuri) is Jeremy Faryar (Mansuri)
http://www.lifestoriesfilms.com/about%20us.html
(on the right)
http://www.garyspector.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1π=10000&s=9&p=0&a=0&at=0
http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/all-about-videography?lnc=4db27a48efa1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&page=2&rsc=articlecontent_planning
"The best way to end up with a film that you will view again and again
is to communicate with your professional in advance. Let the
videographer know what attracted you to his work, such as the blend of
candid moments and still photography. How the elements are combined
during the editing is as important as the way the video is shot, says
Jeremy Faryar Mansuri, owner of New York City's LifeStories Films.
Editing, he explains, "really sets the pace" of a video. Also discuss
sound, including your choice of songs for background or theme and the
mix of music with live, happy chatter that will accompany the final
product. As for length, most videographers will offer a range from a
thirty-minute summary of your day to a two-hour documentary."
http://www.iranian.com/July96/Editor/Letters/Letters.html
REFRESHING
How wonderfully refreshing to read these great articles.This must be
history in the making in terms of the freedom created by the Net to
express oneself in such a wide variety of subjects; all without the
presence of the modern day commercialism and stagnant waters in the
exiled Persian media. Congrats & more power to you.
Faryar Mansuri
New York City
***@ix.netcom.com
TOP
http://www.uga.edu/bahai/2002/970200.html
A "challenge" to Dr. Soroush
From: Faryar Mansuri ***@interport.net
The current interest in Dr Soroush and his ideas is a welcome sign of
hopefully a new generation of Iranians' examination of religion as an
age-old moral and spiritual force and an essential element of Iranian
life, despite the image created of religion by the current rulers of
Iran.
Your review of Dr Soroush's lectures spoke of apparent contradictions,
and yet fortunately people seemed to have accepted him for his attempt
at reconciling certain islamic values with secular thinking. I think
he can be a positive force in today's Iran; in highlighting some of
the shortcomings of current Islamic belief in relation to life in 21st
century Iran; by impressing in his talks that the failure of today's
brand of Islam in keeping up with social,economic and technological
progress is not necessarily a failure of Islam as a divine religion,
Islam having fulfilled its purpose for its designated period, having
first been a source of inspiration, civilisation and spiritual
conviction to the savage and warring tribes of Arabia, uniting them as
a nation, giving them what ever it took to overrun and finally defeat
the morally bankrupt Persian empire.In time the synthesis of Persian
culuture and Islam created one of the greatest civilisations, with
contributions to art, architecture, mathematics, chemistry and so on.
In fact, The failure has been but a tragic failure of a fanatical and
antiquated Shia clergy who through the centuries have paralysed the
spiritual and economic progress of its followers, by their self
serving actions as interpreters of Quranic law, as judges and
teachers, and today as rulers.
Dr Soroush is but a perceptive soul recognising the need of divine
element of guidance in the daily life of people, yet he is having
difficulty justifying obsolete Islamic laws and practices as it
relates to current Iranian life, hence the difficult questions from
his audience and the apparent contradictions in his answers.
The solution it seems is in the belief that, just as physical,material
and scientific progress; religion too has to progress with time; hence
the progress from Judaism to Christianity to Islam and so on. What Mr
Soroush has to impress upon people is that the essence of religion as
a divine force does not change with time and does not diminish; all
religions speak of the same fundemental principles; truth, justice,
etc; but the creator in His wisdom has from time to time revealed new
spiritual laws to suit the physical and social conditions of the time;
at the time of Moses, this meant laws suiting life in the desert; (eye
for an eye) in Christ's time, He did not reject the religion of Moses
but abrogated Judaic laws for new ones suiting the conditions of the
time; Muhammad in the Quran in turn acknowledged what came before, but
revealed new laws well suited to the lives of the people and that
time. There is plenty of references in the Quran about the never
ending words and divine guidance from the God.
Those who are familiar with the principles like Oneness of God; unity
of human race; common foundation of all religions; an independant
search for the truth; Universal compulsory education; equal
opportunity for men and women; spiritual solution to the economic
problem, adoptation of a universal auxiliary language, essential
harmony between science and religion, eradication of all forms of
prejudice, the strenghthening of human family, the elimination of
extremes of of wealth and poverty, the protection of the environment,
and the establishment of a just and and peaceful world social order in
which the rights of all peoples are fully recognised and protected,
know full well that these were the revolutionary teachings of
Baha'u'llah, who over 150 years ago in a backward country under the
Qajars, proclaimed to have brought a new revelation from God and tried
to wake Iran from its deep sleep.
Today in 1997, especially in the west, some of these principles are
considered common sense by most ; but in Iran of the late 19th
century, belief in these principles and one's identity as a Babi or
Bahai meant and still can mean death.
If present at these talks, I would like to have asked Mr Soroush,
(especailly as one, by some accounts, who bravely chose to take the
moral way and opt not to take part in clandestine activities against
the Bahais in the seventies in the disruption of their meetings, as a
then member of "Tablighat Eslami")....his opinion about the principles
of mentioned above; the spiritual teachings of Baha'u'llah with regard
to personal transformtion, as a prerequisite to a peaceful social
order; and why as apparently someone who can be outspoken, he has not
subjected these teachings which were obviously before their time, to a
wider examination by himself and the public, when they seem to be the
very answer to the difficult questions asked by his public, especially
with regard to reconciling religion and science, religion and
government, rights of women, education, family,marriage(sigheh), human
rights, the list goes on, all issues clearly discussed and addressed
in the Bahai writings.
As a Bahai, I am well familiar with the reluctance, and up to now the
inability of some Iranian individuals and media to fairly and
intelligently place under scrutiny the merits of Bahai idealogy as a
possible answer to the all of the socially relevant questions left
unanswered or softly brushed aside by Clerics or scholars such as Dr
Soroush.
I therefore like to humbly challenge Dr Soroush to examine (as no one
has dared to for fear of criticism by powers that be), scrutinise and
challenge the teachings of Bah'u'llah as a divine answer to what as
what Bahais believe to have be a new charter for a world civilisation;
first given to Iran and Iranians over a hundred and fifty years ago,
and for which many Bahais have given their lives and continue to, to
this day.
Back to Soroush main index
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)Copyright 1997, The Iranian
Page last updated/revised 020715
Return to the Bahá'í Association's Main Web Page
http://www.iranian.com/main/member/faryarm
Faryarm (Faryarm Mansuri) is Jeremy Faryar (Mansuri)
http://www.lifestoriesfilms.com/about%20us.html
(on the right)
http://www.garyspector.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1π=10000&s=9&p=0&a=0&at=0
http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/all-about-videography?lnc=4db27a48efa1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&page=2&rsc=articlecontent_planning
"The best way to end up with a film that you will view again and again
is to communicate with your professional in advance. Let the
videographer know what attracted you to his work, such as the blend of
candid moments and still photography. How the elements are combined
during the editing is as important as the way the video is shot, says
Jeremy Faryar Mansuri, owner of New York City's LifeStories Films.
Editing, he explains, "really sets the pace" of a video. Also discuss
sound, including your choice of songs for background or theme and the
mix of music with live, happy chatter that will accompany the final
product. As for length, most videographers will offer a range from a
thirty-minute summary of your day to a two-hour documentary."
http://www.iranian.com/July96/Editor/Letters/Letters.html
REFRESHING
How wonderfully refreshing to read these great articles.This must be
history in the making in terms of the freedom created by the Net to
express oneself in such a wide variety of subjects; all without the
presence of the modern day commercialism and stagnant waters in the
exiled Persian media. Congrats & more power to you.
Faryar Mansuri
New York City
***@ix.netcom.com
TOP
http://www.uga.edu/bahai/2002/970200.html
A "challenge" to Dr. Soroush
From: Faryar Mansuri ***@interport.net
The current interest in Dr Soroush and his ideas is a welcome sign of
hopefully a new generation of Iranians' examination of religion as an
age-old moral and spiritual force and an essential element of Iranian
life, despite the image created of religion by the current rulers of
Iran.
Your review of Dr Soroush's lectures spoke of apparent contradictions,
and yet fortunately people seemed to have accepted him for his attempt
at reconciling certain islamic values with secular thinking. I think
he can be a positive force in today's Iran; in highlighting some of
the shortcomings of current Islamic belief in relation to life in 21st
century Iran; by impressing in his talks that the failure of today's
brand of Islam in keeping up with social,economic and technological
progress is not necessarily a failure of Islam as a divine religion,
Islam having fulfilled its purpose for its designated period, having
first been a source of inspiration, civilisation and spiritual
conviction to the savage and warring tribes of Arabia, uniting them as
a nation, giving them what ever it took to overrun and finally defeat
the morally bankrupt Persian empire.In time the synthesis of Persian
culuture and Islam created one of the greatest civilisations, with
contributions to art, architecture, mathematics, chemistry and so on.
In fact, The failure has been but a tragic failure of a fanatical and
antiquated Shia clergy who through the centuries have paralysed the
spiritual and economic progress of its followers, by their self
serving actions as interpreters of Quranic law, as judges and
teachers, and today as rulers.
Dr Soroush is but a perceptive soul recognising the need of divine
element of guidance in the daily life of people, yet he is having
difficulty justifying obsolete Islamic laws and practices as it
relates to current Iranian life, hence the difficult questions from
his audience and the apparent contradictions in his answers.
The solution it seems is in the belief that, just as physical,material
and scientific progress; religion too has to progress with time; hence
the progress from Judaism to Christianity to Islam and so on. What Mr
Soroush has to impress upon people is that the essence of religion as
a divine force does not change with time and does not diminish; all
religions speak of the same fundemental principles; truth, justice,
etc; but the creator in His wisdom has from time to time revealed new
spiritual laws to suit the physical and social conditions of the time;
at the time of Moses, this meant laws suiting life in the desert; (eye
for an eye) in Christ's time, He did not reject the religion of Moses
but abrogated Judaic laws for new ones suiting the conditions of the
time; Muhammad in the Quran in turn acknowledged what came before, but
revealed new laws well suited to the lives of the people and that
time. There is plenty of references in the Quran about the never
ending words and divine guidance from the God.
Those who are familiar with the principles like Oneness of God; unity
of human race; common foundation of all religions; an independant
search for the truth; Universal compulsory education; equal
opportunity for men and women; spiritual solution to the economic
problem, adoptation of a universal auxiliary language, essential
harmony between science and religion, eradication of all forms of
prejudice, the strenghthening of human family, the elimination of
extremes of of wealth and poverty, the protection of the environment,
and the establishment of a just and and peaceful world social order in
which the rights of all peoples are fully recognised and protected,
know full well that these were the revolutionary teachings of
Baha'u'llah, who over 150 years ago in a backward country under the
Qajars, proclaimed to have brought a new revelation from God and tried
to wake Iran from its deep sleep.
Today in 1997, especially in the west, some of these principles are
considered common sense by most ; but in Iran of the late 19th
century, belief in these principles and one's identity as a Babi or
Bahai meant and still can mean death.
If present at these talks, I would like to have asked Mr Soroush,
(especailly as one, by some accounts, who bravely chose to take the
moral way and opt not to take part in clandestine activities against
the Bahais in the seventies in the disruption of their meetings, as a
then member of "Tablighat Eslami")....his opinion about the principles
of mentioned above; the spiritual teachings of Baha'u'llah with regard
to personal transformtion, as a prerequisite to a peaceful social
order; and why as apparently someone who can be outspoken, he has not
subjected these teachings which were obviously before their time, to a
wider examination by himself and the public, when they seem to be the
very answer to the difficult questions asked by his public, especially
with regard to reconciling religion and science, religion and
government, rights of women, education, family,marriage(sigheh), human
rights, the list goes on, all issues clearly discussed and addressed
in the Bahai writings.
As a Bahai, I am well familiar with the reluctance, and up to now the
inability of some Iranian individuals and media to fairly and
intelligently place under scrutiny the merits of Bahai idealogy as a
possible answer to the all of the socially relevant questions left
unanswered or softly brushed aside by Clerics or scholars such as Dr
Soroush.
I therefore like to humbly challenge Dr Soroush to examine (as no one
has dared to for fear of criticism by powers that be), scrutinise and
challenge the teachings of Bah'u'llah as a divine answer to what as
what Bahais believe to have be a new charter for a world civilisation;
first given to Iran and Iranians over a hundred and fifty years ago,
and for which many Bahais have given their lives and continue to, to
this day.
Back to Soroush main index
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)Copyright 1997, The Iranian
Page last updated/revised 020715
Return to the Bahá'í Association's Main Web Page