In his years at the Teacher's Training College in Mashhad, Shariati came into contact with young people who were from less privileged economic classes of society, and for the first time saw the poverty and hardship that existed in Iran during that period. At the same time, he was exposed to many aspects of Western philosophical and political thought. He attempted to explain and offer solutions for the problems faced by Muslim societies through traditional Islamic principles interwoven with, and understood from, the point of view of modern sociology and philosophy. His articles from this period for the Mashhad daily newspaper, Khorasan, display his developing eclecticism and acquaintance with the ideas of modernist thinkers such as Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan, among the Muslim community, and Sigmund Freud and Alexis Carrel.An Islamic Utopian, pp. 61–68.
in his years at the teacher's training college in mashhad shariati came into contact with young people who were from less privileged economic classes of society and for the first time saw the poverty and hardship that existed in iran during that period at the same time he was exposed to many aspects of western philosophical and political thought he attempted to explain and offer solutions for the problems faced by muslim societies through traditional islamic principles interwoven with and understood from the point of view of modern sociology and philosophy his articles from this period for the mashhad daily newspaper khorasan display his developing eclecticism and acquaintance with the ideas of modernist thinkers such as jamal al-din al-afghani sir allama muhammad iqbal of pakistan among the muslim community and sigmund freud and alexis carrelan islamic utopian pp 61–68