Richard A. Horsley Quote

Mosques provided the only possible meeting places in which the coalition of resistance forces could meet, and they provided a ready platform for the communication of Islamic ideology. With civic space eliminated by the Shah in order to force development upon resistant Iranians, civil society moved into the mosques.


p. 51 - Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit (2003)


Mosques provided the only possible meeting places in which the coalition of resistance forces could meet, and they provided a ready platform for the...

Mosques provided the only possible meeting places in which the coalition of resistance forces could meet, and they provided a ready platform for the...

Mosques provided the only possible meeting places in which the coalition of resistance forces could meet, and they provided a ready platform for the...

Mosques provided the only possible meeting places in which the coalition of resistance forces could meet, and they provided a ready platform for the...