Monday, October 25, 2010

My Way News - Iran restricts social sciences seen as 'Western'
My Way News reports: "Iran has imposed new restrictions on 12 university social sciences deemed to be based on Western schools of thought and therefore incompatible with Islamic teachings [...] The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two subjects that appear to cause the most concern among Iran's conservative leadership - women's studies and human rights."

Comment: It's so odd to see an ideological purge happen in the 21st Century. I wonder if they will send the professors to work camps to get "re-educated" like they used to do in China and the U.S.S.R. back when purges were a primary tool of state terror. Anyone who thinks Iran is moderating or that regime-change-from-within is possible needs to think again.

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