When politicians justify war by referring to religious texts, they narrow their options and harden their enemies. When they keep faith personal and policy public, they preserve the space necessary for ...

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Rooted in Shiism, the official religion of the Islamic Republic, martyrdom is not merely a theological concept but a powerful strand in the country’s collective memory and political imagination.

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Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven ...

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Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.