A tortured Iranian writer distinguishes fundamentalism from Islam as cause

Evidence

By contrast, the Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur-whose experiences of state brutality included periods in prison, leading to mental breakdown-is very clear when she says, “Islam was not the cause of the ills of Iran. It was the fundamentalist interpretation of the faith that had brought about the tragedy that continued to unfold” (Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir, trans. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 732

Categorization

• XREF: Contrast case against Nafisi’s equation of Islam with oppression; also relevant to Naqvi’s own nuanced treatment of faith in Home Boy. — connects to: Fundamentalist interpretation, not Islam itself, caused Iran’s tragedy; The term fundamentalism is wrongly treated as nearly synonymous with Islam — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam: How the Media and the…, 14; Mass executions in Iran reflect revolution, not Islam or Iranian culture — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1517
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Fundamentalist interpretation, not Islam itself, caused Iran’s tragedy; The term fundamentalism is wrongly treated as nearly synonymous with Islam — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam: How the Media and the…, 14; Mass executions in Iran reflect revolution, not Islam or Iranian culture — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1517

Broader Connections

• Fundamentalist interpretation, not Islam itself, caused Iran’s tragedy #corroborates (0.96)