The Arab Spring and the Arab Spring

If you look at the past 80 years, not over the past 200-300 years, there's a trajectory that suggests that we're going somewhere that suggests greater independence. The reason there is so much more aggressive repression today than before is because the people are banging on the door of freedom and suddenly the authoritarians are like, my goodness, shut this door now. People are viewing the situation with one of despair without realising that the reason they're being crushed is because the light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. Allah has been charged at all times in all affairs. At no point is the out of control. And that's why I think that sometimes the reality is this