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Timur Kuran

Timur Kuran

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Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science at Duke University and the author of The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East.

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    The Gospel According to Q

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders.

     highlights the deepening ties between QAnon conspiracists and America's religious right.
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