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For centuries, the Catholic Church around the world insisted it had a right to provide and organize its own schools. It decreed also that while nation states co

Piety is often regarded with a pejorative bias: a "pious" person is thought to be overly religious, supercilious even. Yet historically the concept of piety has

Veils and veiling are controversial topics in social and political life, generating debates across the world. The veil is enmeshed within a complex web of relat

In the 1980s, Egypt witnessed a growing revival of religiosity among large sectors of the population, including artists. Many pious stars retired from art, “r