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It is too early to tell whether he will prove sectarian or pluralist: HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking in the Umayyad Mosque on 8 December.

Islamist ideologies

Fundamentally different fundamentalists

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by Hans Dembowski
During his swearing-in ceremony in September, Anura Kumara Dissanayake reached out to Buddhist monks, as well as to Christian, Hindu and Muslim faith leaders. …

New coalition

Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics

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by Arjuna Ranawana
Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly in September.

Our view

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values

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by Hans Dembowski
“Occupy Mars”: Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a recent campaign event in Pennsylvania.

Right-wing authoritarianism

Plutocrats expect Trump to serve their interests

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by Hans Dembowski
Signs of urban decay are far more common in East than in West Germany: derelict storage building in Leipzig in late 2022.

Identity politics

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens

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by Hans Dembowski
Powerful military celebrating of the “Defence Day” in Lahore in September 2024.

South Asia

In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy

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by Muhammad Nawfal Saleemi
Supreme Court building in Islamabad.

Constitutional law

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged

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by Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar
A market in Zanzibar at the beginning of the 20th century.

Fiction

A story is always part of the currents of its time

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by Dagmar Wolf
They may soon lose their jurisdiction over citizen’s constitutional rights: senior judges in front of the High Court in Lahore.

Constitutional law

Judicial independence under attack in Pakistan

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by Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar
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