Sectarianism

The Unbearable Shianess of Mu’allim Ibraheem El-Zakzaky

Arzu Merali reflects on the sectarian misrepresentation and  instrumentalisation of Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s case by both Sunnis and Shias*.   No-one is going to like what I am about to say. No-one. So let me be clear, I speak on no-one’s behalf except my own, and reflect no-one’s opinion except my own. To Sheikh

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Ten Days in Tehran – The Last Night

Arzu‘s final thoughts in her recent visit to Iran I am posting this some 3 months after my return from Tehran.  Yesterday, the USA introduced another raft of sanctions against Iran which will now mean that any country IR Iran sells oil to will be boycotted by the US.  We know what

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