Iranian regime<\/a> to justify its sordid misogynist views. Her role as the leader of a movement that stands at the forefront of the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism in the contemporary world uniquely qualities her to unveil the hypocrisy of those who try to wage a war against women\u2019s rights in the name of Islam. Madame Rajavis unique experiences and leadership role has equipped her with a revolutionary vision for gender equality not just in iran but around the world. In this way her intellectual contributions, some of which have been elaborated in this boo;, rank her not only as an outstanding political leader but also as a great thinker on human philosophy<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Betty Boothroyd: Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom As a Muslim woman, Maryam Rajavi provides one of the most eloquent, profound convincing rebukes of the blatant misappropriation of religion by the Iranian regime to justify its sordid misogynist views. Her role as the leader of a movement that stands at the forefront of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[25,60,28,91],"class_list":["post-2332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quotes","tag-democracy-in-iran","tag-grand-gathering","tag-maryam-rajavi","tag-alternative"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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