Lonely Voice

Algerian Islamic scholar Saïd Djabelkhir recently got into trouble with fundamentalists within the Islamic community ..
 

Saïd Djabelkhir ... Brave man.

.... when he suggested via his Circle of Lights for Free Thought organisation, that it was unhealthy for both Islam and state to be intertwined.

Nobel Prize, Ignoble Politics

China's behaviour over the award of the Noble Peace prize to Liu Xiaobo one of their own citizens, but one who is in prison for protesting for human rights, has been nothing less than shameful

..... but the behaviour of some of their 'friends' around the world has been equally disgraceful.

 

North African Dynasties

A few weeks ago I posted a comment on the trend towards new heredity dynasties being created around the world.

The Men Who Would Be Kings

This occurs when the 'democracy' didn't take, and is most obvious in the Muslim world, but the ex-communist countries such as North Korea have espoused this idea as well.