The centrality of Islam in Middle East politics can be seen in laws and opinion polls, but that data fails to capture just how entwined Islam and state really are and the destructive effects that ensue. The persecution of a Jordanian writer who shared a cartoon on Facebook dramatizes the problem.

Source: Voices for Reason – After This Jordanian Criticized ISIS, He Was Thrown In Jail, Then Murdered | The Ayn Rand Institute