Comments on: Top Ten Good News Stories from the Muslim World in 2009 that You Never Heard About

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:46:29 +0000

Islam and Christianity are more alike than different. I wish all the really nutters Muslims and Christians would just go ahead and kill each other. The world would be a much better place.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:32 +0000

"Good news" perhaps for non-Muslims who hate Islam but as a Muslim I hardly would say number 6 is actually "good" news. 70-80 percent secularism is not a positive thing.

By: marbotty

marbotty — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:13:41 +0000

Just a tiny correction: the name isn't King Abudallah Science and Technology University… it's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST, as its known in these parts.

By: Zac in CA

Zac in CA — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:41:30 +0000

"Oreo",

I'm not a progressive. I'm a Communist.

By: GeneralOreo

GeneralOreo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:34:40 +0000

Zac,

Al-Qaeda is now champions of the poor? It's funny seeing progressives looking for reasons to support al-qaeda, what a disgusting bunch. Such a shame you're not with your buddies at gitmo.

By: GeneralOreo

GeneralOreo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:32:50 +0000

Defending Islam,

The idea that muslin leaders kowtow to western ones and do all their wishes is a MYTH. Saudi Arabia didn't even support the liberation of Iraq. And I can post countless other examples, but chances are if reality had any effect on you or anyone like you I wouldn't be posting this.

Not that anybody's reading, this topic is days old, but it's late and I feel like venting. The internet still hasn't desensitized me to ignorance.

By: BILL

BILL — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:33:01 +0000

Juan Cole continues to write informed and important posts on issues of great consequence. Happy New Year to him.

By: Dave Thul

Dave Thul — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:27:04 +0000

4 of the top 10 stories relate to the expansion or consolidation of democracy in Muslim countries.

Yet you completely overlooked Iraq, which in 2009 proved itself to be a stable functioning democracy.

Political blinders in place? Check.