Editing Abdolkarim Soroush (section)

{{Short description|Iranian philosopher}}
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|region           = [[Western philosophy]]<br/>[[Islamic philosophy]]
|era              = [[Contemporary philosophy|21st-century philosophy]]
|image            = Abdolkarim Soroush 02.jpg
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|name             = Abdolkarim Soroush
|native_name      = {{lang|fa| عبدالكريم سروش}}
|birth_name       = Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh
|birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|12|16}}
|birth_place      = [[Tehran]], [[Pahlavi Iran|Imperial State of Iran]]
|death_date       =
|school_tradition = [[Irfan]], [[Islam]], [[Religious intellectualism in Iran|religious intellectualism]], [[Persian literature]]
|main_interests   = [[Philosophy of religion]]<br/>[[Social philosophy|Social]] and [[political philosophy]]
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'''Abdolkarim Soroush''' ({{lang|fa|عبدالكريم سروش}} {{pronunciation|Abdolkarim Soroush from Iran pronunciation.ogg|listen|(}} {{IPA|fa|æbdolkæriːm soruːʃ}}), born '''Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh'''{{sfn|Dahlén|loc=chpt. 6a|2003}} (born 16 December 1945; {{langx|fa|حسين حاج فرج دباغ}}), is an Iranian Islamic and [[Rumi]] scholar, and a former professor of philosophy at the [[University of Tehran]].<ref>[http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/831117/html/horizon.htm Iran Newspaper<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622101917/http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/831117/html/horizon.htm |date=June 22, 2009 }}</ref> He is among the most influential figures in the [[Religious intellectualism in Iran|religious intellectual movement]] of Iran.

Soroush is currently a visiting scholar at the [[University of Maryland]] in College Park, Maryland. He was also affiliated with other institutions including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, the Leiden-based International Institute as a visiting professor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-184.html|title=Iranian Philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush Named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at John W. Kluge Center|website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) and the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.

He was named as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2005 by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, and as one of the most influential intellectuals in the world by ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'' magazine in 2008.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-184.html Library of Congress]</ref> Soroush's ideas, founded on [[relativism]], prompted both supporters and critics to compare his role in reforming Islam to that of [[Martin Luther]] in reforming Christianity.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=E6H6GAzdrXcC&dq=Soroush+Luther&pg=PA297 Middle East Contemporary Survey&nbsp;... – Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yU3uAAAAMAAJ&q=Soroush+Luther An introduction to Islam – Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>