Where are the laws against falsehood? (The Economist)
Posted in Letters to Editors, Print on Nov 11th, 2010
SIR – As a “Muslimerican” I was embarrassed to note a fact in the Transparency International report. The top five most populated Muslim countries, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Egypt, fell under the miserable range of 2.0 to 3.9 and only four out of the 48 Muslim-majority countries made it above 50.
As the Muslim world implements strict laws to ban alcoholism, adultery, or even free speech, one wonders: where are the laws against corruption? The leaders of these countries could learn a thing or two about curtailing corruption from Denmark, New Zealand, or Singapore, which all...
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