Yet only last year, Nouripour stated that some parts of Sharia are compatible with the German constitution. Such as what? The giving of alms, which is standard in every religion? His statement was imprudent considering the global problems that the Sharia causes, including the persecution of minorities, the second-class status of women, and other aspects of it that are completely incompatible with Western laws. The Sharia is supremacist and deemed by observant Muslims as above all laws. Iran is the keeper of Shia Islam and its supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, is the Marja — the highest authority in Shia Islam.