List of Religion articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libya Reverses a Purge
Two years ago a flawed law barred Qaddafi-era officials from political life. Now some politicians are having second thoughts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Battle for the Qalamoun Mountains
Along the Lebanese border with Syria, Hezbollah is preparing for an all-out war with the Sunni fighters of al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Time It’s All Smiles as Pope Francis Accepts Boehner’s Invite
The last time House Speaker John Boehner invited a world leader to Washington it caused controversy. His latest invitation to Pope Francis has inspired the opposite.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Live from Yaoundé: A Different Kind of ‘Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie’
Young Cameroonian rappers are questioning why African leaders were quick to respond to the Charlie Hebdo attacks and not to the atrocities taking place on their own continent.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Men Who Love the Islamic State
It may not be the vicious killers hundreds of miles away who pose the greatest threat to Jordan, but the angry young men cheering on the jihadis in the country’s own towns and cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Self-Immolations. Threats From Beijing. Playing Politics With the Dalai Lama.
All in a day's work for Lobsang Sangay, the Harvard-educated prime minister of the quixotic Tibetan movement in exile.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chechnya’s Lost Boys
Why young Muslims from Russia’s war-torn republic are succumbing to the lure of the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some thoughts on how to change the narrative on violent Islamic extremism
Best Defense guest columnist on the troubling narratives surrounding religious extremism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trench Warfare in Turkey
In the country’s Kurdish southeast, a quiet war is raging between local residents and the state.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Come India Isn’t Speaking Out Against the Islamic State?
Inside India's reluctance to publicly criticize the extremist organization.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Today’s Bloody Attack in Tripoli Means for Libya
If the Islamic State is really behind today's attack on a Tripoli hotel, the leaders of Libya's pro-Islamist faction will find themselves facing some hard choices.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Problem With Big Speeches at High Altitude
At Davos, Secretary of State John Kerry had some lofty ideas for combating violent extremism. But getting things done in the Middle East is about seeing reality at sea level.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 White House Gaffe Outs American Held by the Islamic State
The White House routinely asks journalists to refrain from publishing the names of American hostages. A top Obama administration official broke that rule this morning.
