How Mahmoud Abbas’s Bid for International Recognition Is Backfiring
Signing an anti-torture convention turned out to be a bad idea.
August 31, 2022
In Iran, Theocracy Is Killing Religion
Today, less than 40 percent of the population identifies as Muslim.
When growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Shay Khatiri recalls that it was fairly common to hear criticism of the regime expressed behind closed doors; criticism of Islam, however, was exceedingly rare. But after over four decades of theocratic rule, that too has changed. Khatiri cites ample anecdotal evidence that this is so—such as a friend’s elderly and once-pious father who declined to participate in an annual ritual with the words, “Son, I have come to realize that all these things are bullshit!” And these are not the only reasons to believe that the religious ideology that fueled the 1979 Islamic Revolution has taken a toll on Islam:
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Russia Is Returning to Its Old Anti-Semitic Ways
Basmanny justice.
In Iran, Theocracy Is Killing Religion
Today, less than 40 percent of the population identifies as Muslim.
A Lost Yiddish Opera Returns to the Stage
Bas Sheve.
Henry Kissinger’s Religious Awakening
His new book laments the erosion of moral purpose and religious belief in Western societies.