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Iran's reckless attacks are causing immediate damage to its Gulf neighbors – but they are also fracturing longstanding ties between Tehran and a swathe of Muslim-majority states from Turkey to Indonesia. A key test case is Pakistan, with whom Saudi Arabia has now activated its mutual defense pact – a sign of the widening scope of the war, and its lasting effects
There is an extraordinary dynamic playing out across the Muslim world: Instead of rallying behind Iran, attacked two weeks ago by the United States and Israel, it is turning against it, and the conditions are being quietly assembled under which Muslim-majority states could collectively challenge Tehran diplomatically, economically and even militarily.
