In an age of antibiotics and scientific reason, we like to think we’re more rational than our forebears. But the early history of conspiracy theories suggests some behaviours persist through time.
The Covid-19 "lab leak" story clearly isn't going away soon, and a report from Senate Republicans in the US this week has put it back in the spotlight.
The fabricated antisemitic tract Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which describe a purported Jewish plot for global domination and were first published 120 years ago, can be found all over the Arab and Muslim world. This report explores their use in Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, and Urdu.