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The second part of the analysis of the founding principles of the Hezbollah movement which for some time has been the uncontested master of the south of the country. At the roots of a radical and total militancy, an idea of the world ‘as a simple bridge that leads on to eternity’

‘Deprived of almost everything, they suffer from a heavy repression imposed by power. One need only observe the misery in which most of families live to understand that in all autocracies it is the people who pay the highest price’ (Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director).

It was not Persian but Shi’ism that crystallised the unity of the modern State. And it was for this reason that the ousting of the Shah and the establishment of the Islamic Republic were able to base themselves on a tradition that is well rooted in national identity

Iran between messianic aspiration and the management of revolution

In Pakistan minorities are targets of the bloody strategy of Sunni extremism. An unrestrained attack on all possible co-existence which in recent years has experienced a striking escalation and has affected every confession.