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June 30, 2023

Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought

Did secularism in the Arab world only really begin in the 20th century after European colonisation? Historians in both the Arab World and the West have long argued that...

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June 30, 2023

What connects Algeria, Russia and Tunisia?

Tunisian President Kais Saied followed his friend, the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s visit to Moscow, and the manner in which Russian President Vladimir Putin received him, which indicated much...

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June 30, 2023

Report: Israel escalations in West Bank cast shadow on ties with Arab world

Israeli escalations in the occupied West Bank have cast a shadow over the occupation state’s relations with the Arab world, leading to a significant drop in the number of...

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June 30, 2023

Saudi Arabia refuses to allow Israel to attend UNESCO meeting

Saudi Arabia has so far refused to sign a document committing to free access to all UNESCO members for the World Heritage Committee’s meeting in September, with the issue...

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June 30, 2023

Iraqis storm Swedish embassy to protest Quran burning

Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators yesterday stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad to protest the burning of the holy Quran in Stockholm. Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr had called for a...

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June 30, 2023

Sweden’s freedom of speech is trumped by a Muslim masterclass in tolerance

It’s Eid Al-Adha, a blessed time of year for Muslims and a magnet for attention-seekers who do their best to provoke and incite them to react violently so that...

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June 30, 2023

Gaza marks Eid Al-Adha

Images: Palestinians are restoring old books to preserve their history...

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June 30, 2023

Israel tech fundraising suffers 65% annual slump

Fundraising by Israeli technology firms slumped 65 per cent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, data showed on Wednesday, as political turmoil in the...

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June 30, 2023

European Parliament committee calls to charge Israel with ‘war crimes’

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee called on the EU to help the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute Israel for war crimes, in a resolution on EU-Palestinian relations...

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June 30, 2023

Remembering the 1989 coup in Sudan

What: Military coup against civilian government in Sudan, beginning a 30-year-long dictatorship When: 30 June, 1989 Where: Khartoum, Sudan Sudan has long been known to be a country of...

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