(RNS) — Rizwan Mawani uses diverse sacred spaces as lenses through which to offer readers a primer on the expansive histories, architectures and ritual practices of Muslims around the world. (RNS) — ...
The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as inexpensive volunteer enforcers and agents of repression. They are drawn ...