{"id":27608,"date":"2021-10-21T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T08:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=27608"},"modified":"2021-10-21T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T08:43:14","slug":"the-fight-against-islamic-fundamentalism-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/10\/the-fight-against-islamic-fundamentalism-in-iran\/27608\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fight Against Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The core of Islamic fundamentalism and the export of crisis and terrorism to the world in Iran is under the regime of Velayat-e Faqih(Religious Dictatorship).<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From recent events in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe, it is evident that the main threat to global security is the acts of terrorism <\/a>upheld by Islamic fundamentalism. Previous attempts to fight terrorism with military approaches have shown that this method is not enough to quell the reign of terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not even nationalism and other contemporary movements can compete against the Islamic fundamentalism ingrained into the Iranian regime, and other dictatorships like them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Saeid Sajadi wrote <\/a>in his article on the website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran(NCRI)<\/a>, \u201cA force capable of withstanding that phenomenon should be rooted in the region\u2019s culture; it should be capable of disarming Islamic fundamentalism from its main weapon- i.e., the claim of representing Islam. Further, it should nurture a selfless generation ready to confront the forces of terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism at all fronts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the modern Europe, the path from secular sovereign states through to the democratic countries we recognise today was not easy. Through cultural renaissance and economic development, Europe \u201chad to be set free from the traditional religious chains through Luther\u2019s reformation movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thought to be the most prominent social theorist of the last century, Max Weber linked Europe\u2019s rise of capitalism to Martin Luther\u2019s reformation, and the sense of individualism that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Luther\u2019s movement was purely a reformation of religion at the time, for a movement to be able to defeat the Islamic fundamentalism of today once and for all, it needs to do much more than just reform the ideologies of Islam. The Iranian Resistance movement, led by the President-elect of the NCRI<\/a>, Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, can be viewed as such a movement that is capable of such a task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cultural and ideological perspectives of this movement alone have managed to overrule Iran\u2019s theocracy, albeit at the cost of the lives of tens of thousands of supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK), who made themselves martyrs in the fight against the mullahs\u2019 regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result of the Iranian Resistance\u2019s ongoing fight against the regime, nearly 95% of Iran\u2019s population stand behind them and echo the calls for regime change and the separation of religion and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Saeid said<\/a>, \u201cThe ruling regime in Iran manages to survive day-to-day only through extensive repression and execution. But this strategy is approaching a dead-end. The uprising of November 2019<\/a> is reflective of this fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a> selected Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> to take over the presidential role. Raisi\u2019s history of crimes against humanity, notably his major role in the execution of 30,000 political prisoners in the 1988 massacre<\/a>, highlighted the regime\u2019s attempts to consolidate power due to their dwindling grip on controlling the Iranian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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