Apple’s developer guidelines prohibit obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory apps that “in Apple’s reasonable judgment may be found objectionable by iPhone users.”

Here are five apps with religious themes that Apple has rejected or pulled from the App Store.

1. Me So Holy

The Me So Holy app would have allowed users to paste their faces onto the bodies of religious figures including nuns, priests and Jesus. Apple rejected Me So Holy in 2009 for “containing objectionable content” in violation of the company’s developer agreement. The app’s co-creators Benjamin Kahle and Heather Lipner responded to Apple’s decision on their blog: “We feel that Apple is being too sensitive to its perceived user group and are disappointed that this otherwise creative, freethinking company would reject such a positive and fun application.”

2. Jew or Not Jew?

Jew or not Jew? Sarah Silverman is a proud (and hilarious) Jew.

The “Jew or Not Jew?” app allowed users to find out which celebrities and public figures are Jewish. French anti-racism group SOS Racisme threatened to sue Apple on the grounds that French law prohibits the compilation of people’s race and religious affiliation without consent. Apple pulled it from the French App Store in September 2011 and later removed it from its online stores worldwide. The app’s developer Johann Levy, who is Jewish himself, told media he was worried the app would be perceived as too “pro-Jewish.” During the controversy, Levy told Le Parisien newspaper, “For me, there’s nothing pejorative about saying that someone is Jewish or not. On the contrary, it’s about being proud.”

3. iSlam Muhammad

On Everybody Draw Mohammed Day in 2010, Apple removed the iSlam Muhammad app, which encouraged users to “enjoy violent and hateful passages from The Qur’an that support and encourage Muslims to attack and behead anyone who does not agree with them.” Apps that ridicule other religious texts, including the Bible, remain available for download. iSlam Muhammad developer Emery Emery recorded the following call with an alleged Apple representative, who said his app was “not appropriate for the store.”

4. Manhattan Declaration

In 2010, Apple banned an app from the Manhattan Declaration, a Christian manifesto affirming “the sanctity of human life and the dignity of marriage as a union of husband and wife.” A Change.org petition asked Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to remove the app, which it termed “anti-gay” and “anti-choice.” Apple obliged, saying the app violated developer guidelines “by being offensive to large groups of people.” Manhattan Declaration supporters launched a counter-petition asking that the app be reinstated in the App Store, but to no avail.

5. Exodus International

LGBT rights supporters protesting Exodus International

Exodus International, an “ex-gay” Christian organization that shut down and apologized to the LGBT community in June, released an app in 2011 to help gay men and women convert to a heterosexual life. Truth Wins Out, a group that counters “anti-gay religious extremism,” launched a Change.org petition demanding that the app be removed from the App Store. The petition garnered more than 150,000 signatures, prompting Apple to remove it for “being offensive to large groups of people.” Until its removal, Apple’s rating of the Exodus International app indicated that it contained no objectionable material.

BONUS: Send Me to Heaven

Don’t be fooled by the name. This one’s got nothing to do with religion. The Send Me to Heaven app encourages smartphone users to throw their expensive handsets as high as possible. The phone’s accelerometer tracks the distance recorded and charts users’ scores on a leaderboard. Apple rejected the app in August for obvious reasons, but it’s still available to Android users! You might want to buy a few backup phones first…

Post any banned apps I missed in the comments section below.