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See Mohammad Reza Nikfar, “Elahiyat-e Shekanjah/Theology of Torture” (Nilgoon: 10 Shahrivar 1388/September 1, 2009). Available at http://www.nilgoon.org/archive/mohammadrezanikfar/articles/Nikfar_Theology_of_ Torture.html

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For details of this undaunted vulgarity see this report (in Persian): http://www.radiofarda.com/content/F11_Iran_postelection_Daneshju_ university/2140659.html

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See “Sangsar, Islam, va Doran-e Mo’aser/Stoning, Islam, and the Contemporary Times” (MajallehFeministi, August 15, 2010). Available at http://www.feministschool.com/spip.php?article5472. Accessed August 25, 2012.

See “Adam Javaz Rabeteh Jensiva Ezdevajba Hamjens/The Impermissibility of Sexual Relations and Marriage of the Same Sex” (official website of Mohsen Kadivar, June–July 2012). Available at http://kadivar.com/?p=9491. Accessed August 26, 2012.