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Iran Man Publicly Hanged At Spot Where He Killed Cleric
Iran on Wednesday hanged in public a man convicted of murdering the leader of main weekly prayers in the southern city of Kazeroun, state news agency IRNA said.
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Iran Cleric Jailed Over Execution Tape: Report
The son of one of Iran's founding revolutionaries was sentenced to several years in jail on Sunday after releasing a decades-old tape in which his father denounced the mass execution of prisoners, local media reported.
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How Saudi Arabia And The Islamic State Find Common Ground In Beheadings
Over the past year, Saudi Arabia has faced recurrent criticism that its ultraconservative interpretation of Islamic law is not so far off from what is practiced by the Islamic State, an extremist organization that proclaimed its "caliphate" across parts of Syria and Iraq in June 2014. The criticism clearly irks some Saudi officials, who have threat...
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Muslims can quench thirst in Ramadan: Iran cleric
A decree by a senior Iranian cleric that Muslims can quench "extreme thirst" during the Ramadan fasting month has stirred debate in the Islamic republic's clergy, media reports said on Thursday.
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Will 47,000 low necklines cause an earthquake?
Bangalore girls say they would not mind wearing low necklines to support worldwide protests against the Tehran cleric who blames scantily clad women for causing earthquakes. "Many women who dress inappropriately cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Ayatollah Kazem Sed...
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Iran Man Publicly Hanged At Spot Where He Killed Cleric
Iran on Wednesday hanged in public a man convicted of murdering the leader of main weekly prayers in the southern city of Kazeroun, state news agency IRNA said.
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Iran Cleric Jailed Over Execution Tape: Report
The son of one of Iran's founding revolutionaries was sentenced to several years in jail on Sunday after releasing a decades-old tape in which his father denounced the mass execution of prisoners, local media reported.
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How Saudi Arabia And The Islamic State Find Common Ground In Beheadings
Over the past year, Saudi Arabia has faced recurrent criticism that its ultraconservative interpretation of Islamic law is not so far off from what is practiced by the Islamic State, an extremist organization that proclaimed its "caliphate" across parts of Syria and Iraq in June 2014. The criticism clearly irks some Saudi officials, who have threat...
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Muslims can quench thirst in Ramadan: Iran cleric
A decree by a senior Iranian cleric that Muslims can quench "extreme thirst" during the Ramadan fasting month has stirred debate in the Islamic republic's clergy, media reports said on Thursday.
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Will 47,000 low necklines cause an earthquake?
Bangalore girls say they would not mind wearing low necklines to support worldwide protests against the Tehran cleric who blames scantily clad women for causing earthquakes. "Many women who dress inappropriately cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Ayatollah Kazem Sed...
