1. Compare and contrast the characteristics of an Islamic/religious government according to Ayatollah Khomeini and Abdolkarim Soroush. How does it differ from Western democracy?
2. In her article Gender of Democracy, Parvin Paidar looks at the internal debates of the feminist movement during the reformist era in Iran. Compare and contrast the three categories of feminism identified in this article. In your opinion which category of feminism is more effective in terms of instigating social change?