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Alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist leader Ahmad Faqi Al Mahdi in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on September 30, 2015, in The Hague.
Photo: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images.


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The historic Zituna mosque in the heart of Tunis’ old quarter. Two years after the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia is trying to win back holidaymakers in a lifeblood sector for the North African country which is gripped by renewed political crisis. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)


Opinion: Wonders Never Cease

Opinion: Wonders Never Cease

The wondrous and offbeat behavior of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never ends. The man has a real mania for reappearance of the Mahdi. A few days ago, Ahmadinejad said he expected the reappearance of the Mahdi, the absent Twelfth Imam revered by...