Brunei is characterized by a lavish lifestyle for the sultan and “Shellfarism” for the masses …
… Gulf state welfarism stands in the way of “copying China’s model of economic growth while tightening political control”:
- Economic Reform in the Gulf: Who Benefits, Really? (First Post)
“In what is now a region-wide phenomenon, moderation became a rhetorical tool to wield against opposition and consolidate state power”:
“American hackers who once worked for U.S. intelligence agencies helped the United Arab Emirates spy on … Arab media figures during” its 2017 confrontation with Qatar:
Twelve years ago she would have banned the niqab, but after seeing how “debates on how Muslim women dress or don’t dress really excite racists and Islamophobes … I’m not on either side. I’m on the women’s side”:
- Egyptian Activist: ‘Unless You’re A Muslim Woman, Shut [Expletive Deleted] Up And Listen To Muslim Women’ (Huffington Post)
“The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran declined to comment. Iran has said the site is a carpet-cleaning facility. Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment”:
New Zealand has gotten high marks in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre, but racism and threats that have forced organizers to drop a Muslim prayer for security reasons are cause for “disgust”:
An Iranian company is proposing a blockchain solution to Iran’s (and the world’s) traffic congestion problems but needs to register the ICO in another country “because such offerings are currently illegal in Iran”:
The festival includes the documentary that follows the then professor at a Christian university, during a “firestorm that ensued following her social media post stating that Muslims and Christians worship the same God”:
- Here’s the Lineup of Screenings for the 2019 Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival (radiomilwaukee.org)
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