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Latest Religions and Faiths News in Iran – Iran is a predominantly Shiite Muslim country, with significant minorities of many other faiths. News and opinions related to religious issues can be found here.

Hard News

Leader warns about global campaign to undermine religion

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The Supreme Leader has praised Iranian athletes for their spiritual resistance and insistence on promoting religious values during the sporting events.
Hard News

Insulting Islam’s Prophet, playing with fire: Larijani

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The Iranian parliament (Majlis) speaker says those insulting the holy Prophet of Islam are playing with fire, as Muslims will surely react to any irreverence to their most respected figure.
Crisis

Iran denounces acts of terror, blasphemy

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President Rouhani has said that Iran condemns terror, violence and extremism under the pretext of defending religions and insults to religions in the name of defending freedom.
Crisis

Iranians hold rally on insulting cartoon outside French embassy

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The protesters chanted ‘Islam will be victorious’ and carried placards in condemnation of the cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
Crisis

West behind Charlie Hebdo profane cartoons: Iranian official

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​A senior Iranian official has denounced sacrilegious cartoons published by French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, depicting Prophet Mohammad, saying the move has been orchestrated by the West.
Hard News

Iranian FM urges respect for sanctities

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Iran's foreign minister has stressed the need for respecting sanctities of all religions and cultures, saying that such respect makes it easier to have respectful relations.
Religion

Al-Azhar has voiced readiness to host a gathering of Shiite and Sunni scholars

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The gathering between Shiite and Sunni scholars is aimed at having differences between the two sides discussed and settled.
Hard News

Iran Condemns Charlie Hebdo’s Insulting Cartoon as “Provocative”

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We condemn the French weekly’s provocative move, because it hurts the sentiments of Muslims, said the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
Europe

Germans rally to oppose terrorism and Islamophobia

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A tolerance rally by Muslims in Berlin, joined by German officials, condemns in the strongest terms acts of terror which are committed in the name of Islam.
Crisis

Terrorism, violence in name of Islam reprehensible: Rouhani

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has censured terrorism and violence in the name of Islam in any part of the world.
Crisis

Tehran Friday prayer leader condemns France’s terror attack

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Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami condemned the deadly attack in France and said Islam does not approve of killing innocent people.
Hard News

Divisive moves linked to Western spy agencies: Leader

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemy’s intelligence agencies are behind divisive plots hatched against Muslims.
Religion

We need to get closer to religions through rationality

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Speaker Ali Larijani has said that the region direly needs to revive interfaith dialogue at a time when ignorant prejudice and improper attitudes have brought disgrace on nations.
Government

Iran supports any Muslim fighting extremism

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President Rouhani says that Iran will support any Muslim nation or entity which fights against violence, extremism and terrorism.
Hard News

President Rouhani congratulates Muslim counterparts on Prophet’s birthday

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President Rouhani has sent separate messages to the Islamic heads of state, congratulating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him).
Hard News

Trans-regional actors sowing discord among Muslims

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President Rouhani has blamed certain trans-regional countries for creating rift among Muslims, saying Shiites and Sunnis should stand united.
Hard News

Celebrating Prophet Muhammad’s birthday is superstition and heresy

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Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti has said that celebrating the birth of Prophet Muhammad is superstitious and Muslim should stop this act of heresy.
Religion

One day, two prophets; festivals of joy and sorrow

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The followers of Zoroaster and Jesus mourn the demise and celebrate the birth anniversary of their prophets on the same day on the same street in Tehran.
Parties

A 1st int’l gathering of Islamic political parties to be held in Tehran

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Among other things, the gathering is to discuss ways of promoting cooperation among political parties across the Islamic world.
Religion

Iran backs freedom of religious minorities

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Ali Younesi says that religious minorities enjoy freedom to practice their faith and the government supports their freedom.
Religion

Religious minorities enjoy peace in Iran

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Thomas Meram, the Archbishop of Assyrians, Chaldean and Catholics minorities living in Orumiyeh, has said that religious minorities live peacefully in Iran thanks to the wise leadership of the Supreme Leader.
Books

Perils of holy ignorance

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Prominent Shiite thinker Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad expounds on his book on the so-called holy ignorance.
Religion

Muslims marking demise anniversary of Muslim Prophet

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Millions of Muslims across the world are holding special ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the passing of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him).
Editor's Choice

How can a Muslim live in a pluralist world?

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Imam Musa al-Sadr, a Shiite religious and political leader, favors religious moderation over secularism and factionalism, saying that freedom, respect, trust and tolerance are the basic tools of pluralism.
Religion

Deviant and reactionary currents are too dangerous

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Mohammad Khatami, the president of the Foundation for Dialogue among Civilizations, says some deviant groups commit appalling crimes in the region in the name of Islam.
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