I’ve heard the following opinion expressed by secularists justifying the need for the separation of religion and politics: Religion has no place in politics. Politics is a dirty game fueled by personal interests, which will only taint the sanctity of religion. I’m not entirely sure whether it’s an intentional misrepresentation of both religion and politics, […]
Category Archives: Politics
Hezbollah and Syria and Iran (Oh My!)
My Twitter feed has been bleeding news and commentary about the conflict in Syria recently, and I see tweets from both camps: in support of the armed opposition and in support of Assad’s regime. But for every ounce of valuable insight about the conflict I read, I endure a pound of ignorance and idiocy. Contributing […]
Not All Change Is Progress
My friend Hamad Mufleh recently wrote an article about the stance of the liberals in Kuwait towards the Kuwaiti opposition, and presented the argument that liberals should support the opposition, regardless of the conservative and Islamist elements within it. Before I offer my own views on the matter, I would like to point out something you’ve probably […]
Democracy As A Stepping Stone To Dictatorship
In a recent article in The Guardian, former Kuwaiti MP Musallam Al-Barrak talked of the threat Kuwait’s democracy is facing given the autocratic decrees of Kuwait’s Emir, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Barrak’s article seems to suggest that he’s a champion of democracy and hopes to see power in the hands of the people. I couldn’t help but think that half […]