At the same time, we must be able to acknowledge theocratic totalitarianism in the Middle East without being misinterpreted as demonising the peaceful practice of Islam.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/i-m-done-with-outrage-but-in-2024-i-plan-to-chat-hard-20231229-p5eu5s.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national

At the time, no one suspected, especially Iran's theocratic regime, that this episode would lead to a wave of public outrage that would sweep across the country and mutate weeks later into a deep social crisis not seen since the 2009 election protests.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/16/iran-we-are-in-the-phase-of-civil-disobedience-and-this-is-a-breeding-ground-for-future-cr

Hopefully such formal recognition will be read as the commencement of an era of spiritual accommodation, a lesson in humility, not a trigger for sterile contestation and renewed demonization of others among overlapping theocratic realms.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/thus-counsels-isese/

In its place, Mr. Wolfe proposes the installation of a “Christian prince,” or a form of “theocratic Caesarism.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/opinion/sunday/conservative-intellectuals-republicans.html

Positioning himself as Trump’s theocratic understudy is clever.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-trump-republican-presidential-campaign-evangelical-voters-rcna102179

Saturday marked the 13th day of the Iranian month of Aban, the day the US embassy was stormed by young revolutionaries shortly after the country’s 1979 revolution, which birthed the current theocratic establishment in Iran.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/4/iran-holds-rallies-to-support-gaza-mark-us-embassy-takeover-in-1979?traffic_source=rss

The overthrow of Hamas by Fatah, backed by Israel, would be a step forward for democracy in Palestine – and would isolate the theocratic Iranian regime which has long bankrolled and armed Hamas.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12620821/invasion-Gaza-Israel-better-way-Colonel-TIM-COLLINS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The statement claimed that “we are witnessing a feminist revolution in Iran” to end the violence of “a theocratic regime” against “the marginal bodies.”

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/02/intellectuals-and-the-imperialist-affairs/