I’ve lived in the Middle East and the US but I keep coming back to live in London. The global success of this city in a small island nation is not an accident but the outcome of history, big ideas and a people willing to change. There is a dynamic at play in London that is desperately needed elsewhere.
I regularly travel to the Muslim world. There, a fire rages across borders, a lack of freedom for many, a commitment by Islamist activists to remove Muslim governments, fanned by a craze for a caliphate. A loss of confidence and a rise in anger against the West feeds terrorism and destruction. Only last month Iran’s oppressive government again threatened to destroy Israel. This cycle of hate must end.
.... Today, more than 600,000 Muslims live in London. Every Muslim country wishes to invest in the capital and send its youth to our schools and universities. Here, gay or straight, man or woman, atheist or believer, all have recourse to the law as equals. [Evening Standard] Read more
