“There’s a hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness.We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundboxis stuffed full of anything, no music.If the brain and the belly are burning cleanwith fasting, every moment a new song comes out of the fire.The fog clears, and new energy makes yourun up the steps in front of […]
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Prisoners at Ward 350 of Evin Prison Join Gonabadi Dervishes by Fasting and Praying for Jailed Dervish Lawyers’ Health
Various groups of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience along with the Gonabadi Dervishes are praying for the health of Hamid-Reza Moradi and Mostafa Daneshjou in ward 350 of Evin prison.According to Kaleme website, following the 5 days fast plan by imprisoned Gonabad Dervishes that has started since the twelfth day of the month […]
Is Ayatollah Zanjani’s Edict a Model to Breakthrough Religious Deadlocks?
Drinking Water While Fasting: Reactions to a Controversial Fatwa A fatwa that allows Shiite fasters to drink water during their day-long fast that was issued by senior ayatollah Bayat Zanjani a few days ago has caught the attention of Iran’s media and is stirring controversy. The ayatollah Zanjani’s official website has acknowledged that after […]
Mehdi Mahmoudian, Journalist Who Exposed Kahrizak Crimes, Denied Furlough, Now On Month 8 Of Fasting
While three of the men accused of Kahrizak detention center crimes enjoy special treatment (three Judges were found to be the main culprits in the torture deaths of prisoners at Kahrizak by the Parliament, but have not as yet been put on trial for their crimes), the person who […]
Police to enforce strict Ramadan rules
Iranian police forces have announced strict measures against people eating and smoking in public during the fasting month of Ramadan.
FASTING IN RAMADAN
The month of fasting, Ramadan, is often greeted by the Sufis as a good friend, and as a welcome and honoured guest. They love to see this guest come, but also to see him go. The implication of the first is clear, but perhaps not of the second.
Majzooban Noor Website’s Managers And Lawyers Begun Political Fasting In Ward 350 Evin Prison
On Tuesday 23 Khordad 1391 ( Jun 12 , 2012), on the third anniversary of the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election, in ward 350 of Evin prison, Majzooban Noor website’s managers and Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers begun “political fasting”