Pooyan Tamimi Arab 🟥
@pooyan1983.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Secular and Religious Studies at Utrecht University | Member of De Jonge Akademie | PI NWO VIDI “Iran’s Secular Shift” (2025-2030)
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7/8 Now for two book reviews, in print issue: First, "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law – 1200 to 1700" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2024) by Gijs Kruijtzer is reviewed by @pooyan1983.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
7/8 Now for two book reviews, in print issue: First, "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law – 1200 to 1700" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2024) by Gijs Kruijtzer is reviewed by @pooyan1983.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Wat heeft de dood van Mahsa Amini voor Iraanse vrouwen veranderd?
Wat heeft de dood van Mahsa Amini voor Iraanse vrouwen veranderd?
De dood van de 22-jarige Jina Mahsa Amini, dinsdag drie jaar geleden, leidde tot een golf aan protesten in Iran. Inmiddels worden vrouwen minder belaagd door de zedenpolitie. ‘Elke ongesluierde vrouw geeft anderen de moed om hetzelfde te doen.’
www.trouw.nl
September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wat heeft de dood van Mahsa Amini voor Iraanse vrouwen veranderd?
Three years ago, Jina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested, beaten, and died. She was full of life. #WomanLifeFreedom
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Three years ago, Jina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested, beaten, and died. She was full of life. #WomanLifeFreedom
New OA publication! Iran : une société sécularisée, diverse et dissidente Les résultats des enquêtes en ligne du GAMAAN
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Iran : une société sécularisée, diverse et dissidente - Fondapol
Le conflit israélo-iranien de juin 2025 a remis à l’ordre du jour la question de la solidité du régime établi par la révolution de 1979, une question donnant lieu à des analyses contradictoires et à d...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New OA publication! Iran : une société sécularisée, diverse et dissidente Les résultats des enquêtes en ligne du GAMAAN
www.fondapol.org/etude/iran-u...
www.fondapol.org/etude/iran-u...
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Israëls aanvallen op Iran maken de rode lijn die ook voor de Iraanse oppositie altijd heilig was vloeibaar: buitenlandse inmenging tegen het ayatollahregime is voor velen geen taboe meer. Wat heeft die verandering veroorzaakt?
@yaghoubsharhani.bsky.social
@yaghoubsharhani.bsky.social
Tot voor kort ondenkbaar: steeds meer Iraniërs hopen bij hun streven naar vrijheid op buitenlandse inmenging
Israëls aanvallen op Iran maken de rode lijn die ook voor de Iraanse oppositie altijd heilig was vloeibaar: buitenlandse inmenging tegen het ayatollahregime is voor velen geen taboe meer. Wat heeft…
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July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Israëls aanvallen op Iran maken de rode lijn die ook voor de Iraanse oppositie altijd heilig was vloeibaar: buitenlandse inmenging tegen het ayatollahregime is voor velen geen taboe meer. Wat heeft die verandering veroorzaakt?
@yaghoubsharhani.bsky.social
@yaghoubsharhani.bsky.social
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NEW: For years, my team has been working on a report about major changes in the global religious landscape between 2010 and 2020.
Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
I'll post key findings below.
Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
I'll post key findings below.
How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020
Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ...
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June 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: For years, my team has been working on a report about major changes in the global religious landscape between 2010 and 2020.
Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
I'll post key findings below.
Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
I'll post key findings below.
Pew published a new global religious landscape report that mentions GAMAAN. Happy that our work can help researchers to look critically at the Islamic Republic's official figures, given how many Iranians have risked their lives to express a different reality.
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June 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pew published a new global religious landscape report that mentions GAMAAN. Happy that our work can help researchers to look critically at the Islamic Republic's official figures, given how many Iranians have risked their lives to express a different reality.
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u...
The WAPOR webinar video about anonimity sampling and secularization in Iran can be watched on YouTube.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln6...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln6...
WAPOR Webinar: Anonymity Sampling for Measuring Hidden Opinions in Authoritarian Contexts
YouTube video by World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)
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June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The WAPOR webinar video about anonimity sampling and secularization in Iran can be watched on YouTube.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln6...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln6...
Article published in the Freedom of Thought Journal, on the transition to secularism in Iran and lessons from South Africa (in English, see pdf). With many thanks to Iran Human Rights for inviting me to Oslo to speak about the topic in the summer of 2024.
iranacademia.com/agora/text/a...
iranacademia.com/agora/text/a...
گذار ایران به سکولاریسم لیبرال دموکراتیک: درسهایی از آفریقای جنوبی - آزادی اندیشه شماره ۱۶
گذار ایران به سکولاریسم لیبرال دموکراتیک: درسهایی از آفریقای جنوبی
https://iranacademia.com/agora/text/article/published-in-ftj/ftj-16/سکولاریسم-لیبرال-دموکراتیک/
June 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Article published in the Freedom of Thought Journal, on the transition to secularism in Iran and lessons from South Africa (in English, see pdf). With many thanks to Iran Human Rights for inviting me to Oslo to speak about the topic in the summer of 2024.
iranacademia.com/agora/text/a...
iranacademia.com/agora/text/a...
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A key challenge for the first American pope: Catholicism loses 8.4 people for every person it gains in the United States. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
May 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A key challenge for the first American pope: Catholicism loses 8.4 people for every person it gains in the United States. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
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May 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Please spread the word.
This Fall, prof. em. Henri Krop and I will teach a course on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, open to PhD candidates and Research Master students in the Netherlands.
For the course description, see: www.ozsw.nl/activity/ozs...
This Fall, prof. em. Henri Krop and I will teach a course on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, open to PhD candidates and Research Master students in the Netherlands.
For the course description, see: www.ozsw.nl/activity/ozs...
April 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Please spread the word.
This Fall, prof. em. Henri Krop and I will teach a course on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, open to PhD candidates and Research Master students in the Netherlands.
For the course description, see: www.ozsw.nl/activity/ozs...
This Fall, prof. em. Henri Krop and I will teach a course on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, open to PhD candidates and Research Master students in the Netherlands.
For the course description, see: www.ozsw.nl/activity/ozs...
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Excellent article!
It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
Opinion | It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks
President Trump should not forget the Iranian people’s resolve when his administration sits down with Iran over its nuclear program.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Excellent article!
It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
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De debuutbundel verblijf van Yasmin Namavar overrompelt door de thematiek die nergens direct benoemd wordt: een migratie-achtergrond die tot een permanent gevoel van onheil heeft geleid. buff.ly/kTm3cHa
Dreiging is nooit ver weg in het overrompelende poëziedebuut van Yasmin Namavar
Poëzie: De debuutbundel verblijf van Yasmin Namavar overrompelt door de thematiek die nergens direct benoemd wordt: een migratie-achtergrond die tot een permanent gevoel van onheil heeft geleid.
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April 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
De debuutbundel verblijf van Yasmin Namavar overrompelt door de thematiek die nergens direct benoemd wordt: een migratie-achtergrond die tot een permanent gevoel van onheil heeft geleid. buff.ly/kTm3cHa
Sara on the cover of VT Wonen :-)
April 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sara on the cover of VT Wonen :-)
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Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be. - Slate
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Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be. - Slate
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It’s Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be. — Slate
It shows, clearly, the explicit and proud policy of the Trump administration.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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My work with GAMAAN got cited in an article on cats and dogs, in Karaj, Iran : )
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Furry neighbours: Acceptability of feeding and managing free‐ranging dogs and cats in an urban area
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March 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
My work with GAMAAN got cited in an article on cats and dogs, in Karaj, Iran : )
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....