Far from being an irrelevancy, Dr. Arnold Slyper has shown convincingly that messianism is highly relevant to the Jewish world today.
The site where the temple was built was bitterly contested for years, with both Hindus and Muslims laying claim to it.
While the Palestinian Authority tells the international community that it fights and kills Israelis on nationalistic grounds, it tells its own people that killing Israelis and Jews is for Allah.
The United States has pledged to unfreeze the funds belonging to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), which are primarily held in overseas bank accounts.
Iran thinks that by ingratiating itself with countries like Saudi Arabia, it might set back the trend of normalization with Israel.
The government rejected protests by some Danish opposition parties that said banning Quran burnings would infringe on free speech.
A new study from New Zealand found that Violent actions intended to provoke opposition to particular communities may paradoxically lead to lasting acceptance.