Head of Turkey’s state-operated Presidency of Religious Affairs Mehmet Gormez recently called for sectarian unity between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Over a span of 36 hours, Islamic State orchestrated attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris, before taking to Twitter to claim responsibility.
An Iranian man, who was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed, had his sentence commuted to studying theology for two years.
Iran’s best soccer player failed to participate in an international football tournament after her husband cited Sharia Law to confiscate her passport.
A petition demanding the release of an artist, who has been sentenced to over 12 years, needs 20,000 signatures after indecency charges against her.
Iranian director Majid Majidi and Indian composer A R Rahman have fatwas issued against them for working on Muhammad biopic.
Amnesty International recently warned that there has been a shocking spike in the number of executions of religious minorities in Iran.
Hairstyles categorized as ‘homosexual’ and ‘devil-worshipping’ have been banned in Iran, along with other treatments considered un-Islamic.
In a literal interpretation of Sharia law’s eye for an eye, a man in Iran who was convicted of blinding another person in an acid attack, was blinded.
During a meeting with the country’s religious minorities, Iran’s Supreme Leader said non-Muslims have never been harassed in his Islamic Republic.