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According to a recent survey, half of all Iranians say that they have left Islam as a religion, while two-thirds believe Islamic law should be excluded from their legal system.
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To celebrate the bicentenary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone, the British Museum is running an exhibition entitled ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt’ until February 2023, writes Shady Lewis Botros THE
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Tech executives love to talk about the value of ‘connection’ and their goals of ‘connecting’ the world. Almost two decades into the social media era, we should know better than
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AMONG the self-determination struggles of our time, Kashmir is at risk of being forgotten by most of the world (except for Pakistan), while its people continue to endure the harsh
SENATOR Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his bill to end US support for the Saudi war on Yemen following reports that the Biden administration was working to tank the resolution, with