Tag Archives: Wahabism

Ayatollah Ja’far Sobhani has given a lecture on Wahhabism as part of a series of lectures entitled “Theology and Islamic Thought” that he has been delivering in the holy city of Mashhad. Ayatollah Sobhani explained that the belief system of Wahhabism is an anathema to true Islam. Pointing to the ...

Earlier this month, Saudi liberal activist Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison and a heavy fine for insulting Islam. In fact, his crime was to establish an online discussion forum where people were free to speak about religion and criticise religious scholars. He had been charged with “apostasy” in 2012, because ...