Religion

Obituary

John Esposito's warning against a clash of civilisations has never been more urgent

The Georgetown scholar died on 15 July, as US bombs fell on Iran. He spent his career warning that treating Islam as a threat would become a self-fulfilling prophecy
Obituary
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Israel normalisation deals
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Religion
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