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Religion in the ARB: “Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India” by Douglas Ober, “The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism” by Toby Matthiesen, “The White Mosque: A Silk Road Memoir” by Sofia Samatar asianreviewofbooks.com/content/tag/re…

Inside story: Saudi Arabia opens up to Iraq’s Shiite shrines amwaj.media/media-monitor/… via Amwaj.media

A conference co-organised by King’s academic Jeroen Gunning together with colleague Morten Valbjørn from Aarhus University highlighted the findings and insights of a major research project 🔖 Read more 👇 kcl.ac.uk/news/major-res…

IRGC Fars News releases details about Haniyeh’s killing. He was stationed in one of the special residences for veterans in the north of Tehran, was killed by a projectile from the air at around 2:00 AM. Further investigations are underway and further details will be announced.

“It’s a central, vast area of the world that is influenced by Islam in one way or another” @tobymatthiesen recommends books to better understand Sunnism and Shiism: buff.ly/3BGFArg

Here's the term card for our public seminar series 24-25, all welcome Arts Matter Bristol University of Bristol bristol.ac.uk/religion/event…

🆘🆘 from our UNRWA staff in northern #Gaza. Nearly three weeks of non-stop bombardments from the Israeli Forces as the death toll increases. Our staff report they cannot find food, water or medical care. The smell of death is everywhere as bodies are left lying on the roads

📢New #bookreview online! Read it now here👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 📗Reviewed book: "The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of #Sunnism and #Shiism" by Toby Matthiesen - New York: Oxford University Press 🖋 Giulia Daga

.Toby Matthiesen will be speaking about his new book "The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism" with faisal devji at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London on 6 November. Register here to attend in person or online iis.ac.uk/events/the-cal…

Tonight's event is hybrid, register below if you want to join remotely

Mon entretien avec @LorientLeJour Qu’est-ce que le Hezbollah saoudien ? lorientlejour.com/article/1435125

What is Saudi Hezbollah? Interesting article with some of my quotes in @LOrientToday lorientlejour.com/article/1435223

The moment you think no one is writing 1000-page books comes Toby Matthiesen’s massive undertaking. Finally, I have some time to read it.

Asma al-Assad in Moscow for medical treatment and to see her son Hafez. Assad joined her on Wednesday, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched an attack on Aleppo on Thursday. Assad fled Damascus overnight Saturday-Sunday to shuttle between the region and Moscow.

A historic ten days in the Middle East. The fall of the Assad regime is a game-changer for the whole region, upending long-standing assumptions (including about authoritarian stability) and alliances. My thoughts are with all Syrians.

Halka Dergi’nin 8. sayısı için Gülçin Tunalı (Gülçin Tunalı), ““Halife ve İmam”” başlıklı yazısı ile Toby Matthiesen’e (Toby Matthiesen) ait The Caliph and the Imam: The Making of Sunnism and Shiism isimli kitabını değerlendirdi. Tamamı için: halkadergi.org/2025/02/20/hal…

Die Rolle der Golfstaaten im Nahost-Konflikt srf.ch/audio/echo-der…

This is an important counterpoint to the prevailing narrative in the US, Europe and Israel that should be widely read: The Islamic Republic’s New Lease on Life foreignaffairs.com/israel/islamic… via Foreign Affairs