Tracing the disappearing religions of the Middle East

in the news | November 27, 2014

Gerard Russell:

The collapse of nationalist and other secular political movements, like “Arab socialism”, along with the lack of moral authority among state institutions — Iraq and Syria being prime examples — has meant that religious identity has become more important.*

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