This July, while interning for l’Organisation Marocaine Des Droits de l’Homme (OMDH)/Moroccan Human Rights Organization, I saw the streets of Rabat, Morocco adorned with red and green. The Moroccan national flag was displayed at every street corner, and pictures of King Mohammed VI were hung in every restaurant. The country was preparing to celebrate Throne Day, the ten-year anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s ascension to the throne. In addition...
opponents stopped to check whether ballistic fingerprinting had been successful in the past even in the areas where it has been implemented. John R. Lott makes clear in a recent issue of the National Review that not a single violent crime has been solved in either New York or Maryland as a result of ballistic fingerprinting to date. The idea behind ballistic fingerprinting hinges on the way a gun operates: When a bullet is fired from a gun, it t...
it is a middle-income country with substantial state legitimacy, large bureaucratic institutions, and a strong military apparatus…Nor is it Iraq, Syria, or Yemen, where the state has spent years establishing massive, coercive violence as a social norm. Jordan is unique, and actually has a lot going for it.” Jordan’s time might come, but that time is not now. Tactful diplomacy and prescient leadership have allowed the Hashemites to defy the odds f...
...should either be acquitted or be given the death penalty, which is not a punishment in Norway. He has said that he is part of an anti-Muslim group called the Knights Templar (which doesn’t exist), admitted to years of playing video games in his mom’s basement, and intended to behead former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. He has said a lot of things and voiced a lot of ideas. He will probably say a lot more inflammatory and possibl...
...ives of your neighbors when you’re the Mayor. I’ve gotten pretty good in Washington at putting together a coalition of 50 percent plus one of my colleagues to get things done. But as Mel Brooks might say, ‘it’s good to be the King.’ It’s good to be able to do things with a phone call or the stroke of a pen....
...movement, beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In fact, King was chosen to be the spokesperson for that boycott primarily because he was a young novice and consequently had no enemies in Montgomery who would resist his visible role on personal grounds. As the civil rights movement grew in the public consciousness, King’s role as spokesman grew along with it, evolving into a leadership role more akin to how he is depicted today. However, a...
Protestors in Bahrain A look at recent headlines coming out of the Middle East reveals the dominance of coverage on Egypt, Syria, and Iran. This comes as no surprise; Egypt remains a focal point of political turmoil in the Arab world, violence in Syria threatens to destabilize the entire region, and Iran seems to stand in the distance forever and always as a source of conflict and dissension. Elsewhere, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen struggle...
The population of Muslim US citizens is estimated by many sources to be at 8 million and growing. Of these 8 million, around 7% of registered Muslim Americans are Republicans, a minority that is just large enough to make an impact on politics at many levels. It has become a liberal truism that Muslim Americans would not want to vote for the party of the administration responsible for the violation of their civil liberties, but—surprise —Muslim R...
Illustration by Liz Lee Offset against grey skies and the black uniform of an average Istanbulite bundled against the cold, the bright yellow and turquoise banners of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) bring a hint of the Arab Spring to Taksim Square. Occupying the symbolic heart of a vibrant, modern Turkey, Kurdish demonstrators have gathered to protest a move to ban 12 of their candidates from the Turkish general election – a ripple in an oc...
...cative rhetoric is its widespread acceptance and popularity; His book is, as of this writing, number one on Germany’s bestseller list. Sarrazin’s book is disturbingly popular for a nation with strong anti-hate speech laws and vivid memories of the Holocaust and past racial and religious tensions. As one might anticipate, the publication has generated a storm of controversy at home and abroad. In the late summer of 2010, German Chancellor Angela M...
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