Who are Ismaili Muslims and how do their beliefs relate to the Aga Khan’s work?
Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served ...
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The Most Powerful Empires Throughout History
Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...
Mosul’s renowned minaret restored from ravages of Islamic State
Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...
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Saudi Arabia Is Still One of the Most Repressive Countries
Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...
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Singaporean housewife radicalised after Israel-Hamas conflict put under ISA restrictions
Separately, a Malaysian man who supported the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was repatriated back to his country, said the ...
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Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt after IS horror rule
The famous leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" ...
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Unesco chief says Mosul ‘beacon of hope’ for Iraq after Al Nuri Mosque restoration completed
A UN project to rebuild some of Iraq’s most famous religious sites has restored cultural vitality and social fabric to the city of Mosul, says Unesco chief Audrey Azoulay, describing the work as the ...
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Iraq's famed 'hunchback' of Mosul rebuilt brick by brick
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in ...
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Syrian Civil War: What led to the fall of the regime
Syria became the center of an international crisis on August ... On April 8, 2013, self-declared caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...
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Syrian Civil War: What led to the fall of the regime
Syria became the center of an international crisis ... Rise and fall of ISIS, Russian intervention On April 8, 2013, self-declared caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced ISI’s expansion into ...