THE attention of the world has been seized by the recent occupation by ISIS of the ancient city of Palmyra. But the devastation of Muslim heritage is rooted elsewhere.
THE collapse of a crane at the Grand Mosque and the hajj stampede have taken many lives and underscored the sense among Saudis of a kingdom out of control.
WESTERN ideas of ‘neutrality’ are leaving ordinary Nepalis behind – and, in banning conversion, the new constitution offends against freedom too. Lapido spoke to some of its architects.
