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The old bargain between religion and state lives on

Grand Mufti Hassoun’s life sentence has opened the book on religious co-option. Will anyone turn the page?In sentencing Ahmad Hassoun to life imprisonment, the judges cited his abuse of office for personal enrichment and incitement to violence. But Hassoun was not a black sheep. He was part of a system …

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IAEA: Deir Ezzor Reactor Could Produce Nuclear Bomb Material

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said the nuclear reactor in Syria was close to completing in 2007, before Israeli fighter jets destroyed it, was the type of reactor capable of rapidly producing fissile material that could be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. Grossi said on Monday, September …

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