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Why the conflict with Iran marks a new kind of war — and why it had to happen

Why the conflict with Iran marks a new kind of war — and why it had to happen

The war didn’t start the night the bombs fell. By then, it had been building for years—just not in a way people wanted to admit. You could see it,...

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When Heaven Demands a State: Khomeini’s Theological Logic of Power

When Heaven Demands a State: Khomeini’s Theological Logic of Power

Most Western explanations of Iran start in the same place: colonialism, anti-imperialism, or the country’s rivalry with the United States and...

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From Crown to Turban: How Iran’s Clergy Became a Political Power

From Crown to Turban: How Iran’s Clergy Became a Political Power

Iran is one of the few societies in Islamic history where religious scholars eventually replaced the monarchy itself. In most Muslim states, rulers...

08.03.2026 50

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The Iranian Revolution and the Failure of the Secularization Thesis

History occasionally produces events that overturn the intellectual frameworks used to interpret the modern world. The French Revolution did this in...

05.03.2026 30

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Iran’s War Against Israel: The Shia Eschatological Vision & Messianic Conflict

My personal journey into understanding why Iran is so intensely hostile toward Israel began when I studied at the Islamic College in London, which...

04.03.2026 60

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When Sovereignty Feels Stolen: The Tucker Carlson–Mike Huckabee Interview

In my previous essay, “Trump’s Broken Promise: From ‘America First’ to ‘America Only’ – and Antisemitism,” I argued that the recent...

23.02.2026 50

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Therapy Over Justice: How the West Lost Confidence in Itself

It might be that the West’s greatest weakness is not military or economic, but moral and institutional. We continue to argue over the number of...

19.02.2026 70

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Post-jihadist Sunni Revivalism and the Return of History

05.01.2026 20

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Featured Post

25.12.2025 70

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The Palestinization of American Politics: How Gaza Became a Political Weapon

23.12.2025 40

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Antisemitism as a Weapon: Candace Owens and the Power of the Unfalsifiable

23.12.2025 60

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Ben Shapiro Vs. Megyn Kelly: When Neutrality Becomes A Moral Failure

22.12.2025 100

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Featured Post

21.12.2025 40

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The Jewish Flesh at the Right Hand of God

18.12.2025 30

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Omar Suleiman and Munther Isaac: A Conversation More Revealing Than Intended

16.12.2025 40

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A Review of the Documentary October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre

14.12.2025 70

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Munther Isaac and the Theology of Moral Certainty

13.12.2025 60

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A Christian at Islamic College London: What I Saw Beneath the Surface

11.12.2025 50

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Erasing Israel: The Quiet Rewrite That Reshaped Christianity

10.12.2025 80

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The Covenant that Refuses to Die: What the Bible Teaches about Israel

05.12.2025 70

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The Cracks in the Wall: How Oct 7 Fractured A Millennial Certainty

29.11.2025 80

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Abraham Stands. Joseph Keeps Standing

21.11.2025 70

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Zohran Mamdani and the Mirage of the Radical

20.10.2025 80

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The Religion of Palestinianism

17.10.2025 40

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Before the Nakba: Khomeini’s Kashf al-Asrār and Iran’s Antisemitic Roots

03.10.2025 40

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How Khomeini Turned Shiʿi Eschatology into a Revolutionary Antisemitic Ideology

02.10.2025 30

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Tim Orr