Iran's secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs

Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini’s mass mobilisation of Islam showed that modernisation by no means implies a linear process of religious decline. Reliable large-scale data on Iranians’ post-revolutionary religious beliefs, however, has alwaysContinue Reading

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Dan Christian received racial remarks online after he spoke on racism in Australian cricket.© Twitter Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday said it is “deeply disappointed” to see “blatantly racist and uneducated comments” against Dan Christian and has launched an investigation. Christian was exposed to racist remarks after he spoke aboutContinue Reading

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Shane Watson lavished praise on CSK’s leadership group and termed it as world-class.© Twitter The experience and quality of Chennai Super Kings’ battle-hardened players should see the team through in the upcoming IPL despite a turbulent build-up caused by 13 COVID-19 cases in the contingent, feels veteran all-rounder Shane Watson.Continue Reading

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What is Russia’s endgame in Belarus? · Global Voices

Moscow might be just as interested in change as Belarus’ protesters State flags of Belarus and Russia in Minsk, capital of Belarus, 2013. Photo CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. A month after Belarus’ presidential elections, the country’s political crisis shows no signs of abating. When President Alyaksandr Lukashenka attempted toContinue Reading

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The Conversation

We’re healthier and live longer than our ancestors, yet we’re constantly reminded of deaths caused by war, terrorism and natural disasters. As terrible as these events are, they accounted for less than 1% of the 56 million worldwide deaths in 2017. Another colossal distraction is the focus on lifestyle asContinue Reading

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