![]() ![]() Bakhash does not say what events I confused “surrounding Khomeini’s arrest in 1963 and his exile in 1964.” Kalam literally means “speech” or “word,” and in philosophy is used for the Greek logos, but it primarily refers to theology in contradistinction to fiqh or jurisprudence and in distinction to philosophical argumentation, Casuistry means “that part of ethics which resolves cases of conscience, applying the general rules of religion and morality to particular instances in which ‘circumstances alter cases’ or in which there appears to be a conflict of duties” ( OED). Mahnaz Afkhami was made Minister of State for Women’s Affairs in January 1976 this no doubt did not amount to much more than the older Women’s Organization of which she continued to be General Secretary. Bakhash’s casual allegation of careless control of facts and prose needs rebuttal. ![]() While I am pleased by the full and generally favorable attention Shaul Bakhash paid my book ( NYR, June 26), and while I am grateful for corrections of fact and interpretation, Dr. ![]()
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