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The Civic Religion of the United States and the “Subtle” Influence of Chabad-Lubavitch

Ali Arslan Azzali

While the recent conflict between Israel and the United States with the Islamic Republic of Iran may be interpreted exclusively in terms of hegemonic geopolitical imperatives — ranging from control over energy reserves to attempts to neutralise land-based trade corridors aimed at undermining US maritime supremacy — it is undeniable that there are political dynamics rooted in millenarian religious fanaticism that view the reconstruction of the Third Temple as a means of hastening the coming of the Messiah. The most influential of these is undoubtedly the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic movement, Chabad-Lubavitch.