Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The enduring legacy of medieval Christian depictions of Islam in today’s political discourse

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Anna Piela, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies and Gender, Northwestern University

The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral or sacred matter.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson described Iran’s majority faith tradition, Shiite Islam, as a “misguided religion” while discussing the ongoing U.S. strikes against Iran on March 4, 2026. A complaint made to the Military…

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