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The Washington Post's conclusion that the evidence Israel presented to justify the attack on al-Shifa Hospital falls short of the claim about Hamas using the facility reconfirms Israeli disregard for humanitarian law
The role the country's single largest religion has played in the development and enhancement of pluralism has been linked to Indonesia's adoption of the Islamic middle path or ummah wasat thanks to Islam's peaceful propagation and integration into diverse ethnic, cultural, and social realities
Revolutionary poets Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Habib Jalib, and Ahmad Faraz's anti-establishment resistance in Pakistan influenced progressive voices, which included the Leftist Laal band that revitalized protest poetry during military ruler Pervez Musharraf's reign in the noughties
The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh continue to endure worsening conditions, facing a grim choice between staying in miserable conditions or returning to the insecure environment that caused their exodus
The level of unqualified US support for Israel is neither based on shared strategic interests nor compelling moral imperatives but almost entirely due to domestic American politics and especially the Israel Lobby
Irgun and Stern Gang orchestrated the Deir Yassin massacre in 1948 to drive out Palestinians of what became Israel and created a new generation of fighters who turned to some of the methods including bombings and anarchist strategy that Zionists used for Israel's creation
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan overcame decades-old domination of secularists, who saw themselves as the guardians of the secular Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded and shaped through sweeping top-down Westernization and suppression of religious citizens
From contributing to the Islamic Golden Age between the eighth and the eleventh century to now being a significant source of contribution to the Indian economy, the continuing enriching India-Arab ties date back centuries
Highly religious Americans tended to be much more sympathetic toward Israel, which is seen as a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies, entitling it to divine privileges other nations may not claim
Jewish communities in the Gulf states have been emerging from the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict and adopting a more public profile including through open celebration of their holidays' thanks to the Abraham Accords
