{"id":1343,"date":"2026-07-06T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:40:01","slug":"the-end-of-political-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahvand.org\/en\/the-end-of-political-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Political Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>and What Comes Next? \u00a0By Raghu Kondori in The Times of Israel<!--more--><\/h2>\n<p>Across the Middle East, ideological systems that once appeared transformative are entering a more structural phase of strain. 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