Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

There are many examples in the world today of governments that are referred to as theocracies. By definition, a theocracy is ...

It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an ...

Alito had to contort the meaning of canonical Supreme Court doctrine so that he could either ignore established precedent or ...

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

Fatwas in Shiʿa jurisprudence are typically non-binding legal opinions. However, within the institutional framework of the ...

Since then the Islamic Republic of Iran has vowed to end U.S. imperialism and eradicate Israel. Now, the United States and ...

The war may be over in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin.

Even worse for the theocracy, Iran’s temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated Donald Trump. So ends ...

A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that found Louisiana’s law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms to be ...

India’s Troubling Tilt Towards Theocracy. By Parthiv N. Parekh. The massive national wave of devotion to Lord Ram witnessed recently during the consecration of the Mandir in Ayodhya, was ...

There are many examples in the world today of governments that are referred to as theocracies. By definition, a theocracy is a governmental system that uses religious law as its source material.