Gerard Russell is a senior fellow with the New America Foundation's international security program and a senior associate of the Foreign Policy Centre in London. A member of the Order of the British Empire, Gerard worked as a British and United Nations diplomat for fourteen years. He lives in London. Visit him at gerardrussell.com.
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Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, and Egypt in the ti... SEE MORE