At the core of progressive thought is a deeply reductionist view of human nature. In their worldview, people are essentially blank slates, molded by their environments.
Mohsen Sazegara, a former insider, reveals how the IRGC transformed from its original mission into a global power player—linked to Hezbollah, Hamas, and international conflicts.
In our increasingly fractured world, few topics are as urgent—or as emotionally charged—as the conversation around Islam. With headlines dominated by Middle Eastern conflict, rising concerns over radicalism, and a widespread decline in theological literacy across the West ...
In our increasingly fractured world, few topics are as urgent—or as emotionally charged—as the conversation around Islam. With headlines dominated by Middle Eastern conflict, rising concerns over radicalism, and a widespread decline in theological literacy across the West ...
At the core of progressive thought is a deeply reductionist view of human nature. In their worldview, people are essentially blank slates, molded by their environments.
Mohsen Sazegara, a former insider, reveals how the IRGC transformed from its original mission into a global power player—linked to Hezbollah, Hamas, and international conflicts.
Fundamentalism, especially of the variety driving groups like Hamas or regimes like Iran’s, doesn’t operate within the bounds of rational cost-benefit analysis. Instead, it strengthens from rigid ideological convictions and apocalyptic religious visions ...
They fail to acknowledge that Iran’s war against Israel is not a political struggle but a religious war rooted in Twelver Shia eschatology—a theology that exalts death, martyrdom, and the creation of chaos as a path to ushering in the end of the world (Lewis, 2002; Cook, 2005).
ran is home to a deeply complex, diverse society with layers of identity that extend far beyond state politics. Iranians are culturally Persian, religiously diverse within Shia Islam, and have long engaged with Western ideas and values.
