Iran ohne Islam

The uprising against the theocratic state and its true background. Women are burning their hijabs, and mullahs are having their turbans ripped off. Katajun Amirpur places the uprising against the theocratic state, which has been ongoing since September 2022, within a development that has largely gone unnoticed by the West: Not only is Iranian society increasingly turning away from Islam, but the regime itself is as well. National greatness even officially takes precedence over the Quran. It is not the mullahs who rule, but the police and military. This provocative book allows us to see Iran in a new light.

Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has been a theocratic state: Allah himself governs the country with the help of a jurist who holds state power on his behalf. At least that is the ideology that the Western image of the mullahs' state willingly follows. However, behind the facade of strict divine rule, a brutal dictatorship of the Revolutionary Guards has long since established itself, focused on maintaining power and geopolitical influence. Katajun Amirpur describes, based on largely unknown sources, numerous visits to Iran, conversations with dissidents, and reports from eyewitnesses, the transformations the regime has undergone and why more and more people are turning away from Islam: towards other religions, individual belief in God, or a secular stance. Iranians – especially Iranian women – have begun to tear down the facade of Islamism. Katajun Amirpur's surprising book impressively demonstrates why, despite all the sacrifices, they might finally succeed.

Surprising insights into Iranian society and politics. Based on personal visits, interviews with intellectuals, and reports from eyewitnesses. By a leading expert on Iran.