Escalation in the Persian Gulf: Regional Stability Collapses Following the Burial of Ayatollah Khamenei
DUBAI — The precarious ceasefire that had held the Middle East in a state of fragile suspense for three weeks has definitively fractured. On Thursday, the Persian Gulf descended into…
The Final Taboo: Japan’s Struggle to Accommodate Islamic Burial in a Cremation-Centric Society
In the landscape of Japanese social customs, few practices are as deeply entrenched as cremation. Following death, over 99% of individuals are cremated—a standard reinforced by centuries of Buddhist tradition,…








