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The litmus test for all nations including Dubai.

Reader comment on item: The Dubai Miracle Has Become Real
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Submitted by Prashant, Jan 20, 2018 at 16:02

Dear Dr Pipes,

Your readers Peter Hall and John mentioned many faults of Dubai (like prostitution, corrupt banking system, poorly constructed houses etc). Most of these faults may indeed be true for Dubai but neither of these two respondents asked the most crucial question: Is Dubai a state that grants freedom to its residents and visitors. This is the litmus test that all Islamic theocracies including Dubai fails.

Until Dubai becomes a free democratic state that understands and implements separation of church and state, it is not a country worth doing business with.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Does Dubai manufacture anything or is it just a consumer of Western/Asian goods and servies? [216 words]
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AnkaraDec 20, 2017 08:44241627
1Dubai follows an Asian model, but not that of Taiwan and Singapore [273 words]Michael SDec 10, 2017 02:51241516
2Dubai a Miracle?? REALLY? [398 words]Peter HallJan 19, 2018 08:04241516
"No Soul" [127 words]Michael SJan 19, 2018 20:44241516
2Is Dubai a miracle? [144 words]dhimmi no moreJan 20, 2018 07:24241516
Torch Tower [8 words]Michael SJan 24, 2018 04:00241516
1For Michael S: The torch tower, Ibn Khaldun, and the Arabs! [102 words]dhimmi no moreJan 30, 2018 08:50241516
2Dubai: fragile? [170 words]
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johnDec 9, 2017 23:39241513
1The litmus test for all nations including Dubai. [93 words]PrashantJan 20, 2018 16:02241513
Sounds wonderful; especially for it's citizens, but.... [30 words]Michael RosenbergDec 8, 2017 12:41241501
2Oil's Curse. [34 words]
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