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Take the turban and run: an old tactic reemerges in Iran

Amid a nationwide arrest of activists and a brutal crackdown on demonstrations, Iranian youth deployed a symbolic way of protest to discredit the clerics ruling

A correspondent in Iran

22 November, 2022

Kabul bombing

scholar

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Bomb blast at Afghan religious gathering kills dozens

The New Arab & agencies

20 November, 2018

Iran flag - AFP

Iran

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Iran backlash after top cleric meets ban-stricken Khatami

The New Arab & agencies

28 October, 2018

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HRW denounces detention of Saudi cleric over 'pro-Qatar' tweet

The New Arab & agencies

07 January, 2018

Mazen al-Sersawi - YOUTUBE

'Have sex with illegitimate daughters,' says Egyptian cleric

Diana Alghoul

04 November, 2017

Saudi police [AFP]

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Rights groups denounce Saudi 'crackdown on dissent'

The New Arab & agencies

15 September, 2017

Rihanna Getty

Cleric condemns Rihanna's new Saudi boyfriend for 'fornication'

Karim Traboulsi

29 June, 2017

Grand Imam of al-Azhar [AFP]

Sisi

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Egypt's al-Azhar challenged amid pressure to reform

The New Arab

28 April, 2017

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Sufism

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IS threatens Egypt's Sufis after cleric murders

The New Arab

09 December, 2016

Cleric Bahrain

Shia

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Bahrain's crackdown on opposition must end, warns Amnesty International

The New Arab & agencies

01 September, 2016

Bahrain Shia clerics AFP

Shia

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Bahrain 'systematically targeting Shia clerics'

The New Arab

24 August, 2016