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Muslim and European leaders have denounced a Swiss referendum to block the construction of minarets--mosque towers from which Muslims are called to prayer--as discriminatory and xenophobic. More than 57% of voters supported the ban, put forward by the far-right Swiss People's Party. "It is a bad...
Hoffman, who has studied terrorism of all stripes, say it's not just Islamic extremism that attracts middle-class adherents. "You look at every kind of terrorism over the past century, and you'll find that the majority of the people who participated were not poor or ignorant but well...
For conservatives, Khomeini represents unfolding loyalty to the religious hierarchy and the main institutions of the state, even at the expense of public opinion. For reformists and even some young Iranians, Khomeini's promised benefits of Iran's 1979 Revolution can only come true if a genuine democratic government is...
The battle over Khomeini's legacy, which slowly began in the Islamic Republic months after his death in 1989, is now front and center in Iran's turbulent political environment. And many in the opposition worry that the government may now use the poster-tearing incident to crack down harder...
In addition, the Islamic month of Muharram begins on Dec. 18 this year, kicking off 10 days of ceremonies in Shi'ite Islam that culminate on the holy day of Ashura, when the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is mourned. Public events occur in every city, town...