The Arab Spring has heightened the ideological tension between Ankara and Tehran and Turkey's model seems to be winning.
The Qur'an not only lacks any earthly punishment for someone who abandons Islam it even includes verses that imply that such a change of heart should be a matter of free choice.
Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists.
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.
Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do whereas violence and threats are not.
Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.
Even touching Erdogan is a form of worship