Leaders of the United Nations describe Africa as having an “epidemic” of coups these past two years. During this time, there have been successful coups in Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan, and Burkina Faso. Unsuccessful coups happened in Niger, Central African Republic, and Madagascar. Freedom House pointed out that global [...]

In most of the Muslim world, people add Islam to their old religious practices. Charms, amulets, belief in the evil eye and jinns (spirits) are common. The place where you are least likely to find pre-Islamic beliefs in Saudi Arabia, where Islam originated. They practice Islam as it was [...]