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Artists impression of the planned Cambridge Mosque (Cambridge Mosque Project)


Tehran’s Multiplying Minarets

Despite Iran’s official title as an Islamic Republic, its capital is not, unlike its large, Islamic counterparts, filled with the domes and minarets of mosques, nor do most of its citizens adhere to the restrictions of Shari’a law. Perhaps this is why the mayor of...