As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.

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Soroush's political philosophy as well remains close to the heart of the liberal tradition ever championing the basic values of reason liberty freedom and democracy. Also a scholar in residence in Yale University he taught Islamic Political Philosophy at Princeton University in the 2002-3 academic year.

He is arguably the most influential figure in religious intellectual movement in Iran. He was also affiliated with other prestigious institutions including Harvard Princeton Yale Columbia the Leiden based International Institute as a visiting professor for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) and the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.