Dr. Paul Salem at the Council - June 10, 2014

The political climate of the Middle East in recent years has been tumultuous: Death sentences for members of the Muslim Brotherhood were handed down by Egypt's criminal court. More than 100,000 Syrians have died as a result of the carnage of Syria's civil war. Yet, millions of Iraqis embraced the right to vote in recent elections, and in other countries, new governments and constitutions are in place.