After This Muslim Criticized ISIS, He Was Thrown In Jail, Then Murdered
The
centrality of Islam in Middle East politics can be seen in laws and
opinion polls, but that data fails to capture just how entwined Islam
and state really are and the destructive effects that ensue. The
persecution of a Jordanian writer who shared a cartoon on Facebook
dramatizes the problem. The story’s location is important. With the
exception of Israel, the Middle East is thick with dictatorships,
theocracies, and monarchies. Compared with Islamic State, Saudi Arabia,
Iran, and many other Muslim regimes, Jordan is somewhat liberal and
friendly (it is at least officially a U.S. ally). By objective
standards, however, the kingdom of Jordan is a paranoid authoritarian
regime. The secret police,
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