Tuesday, November 25, 2008
These are Arab regimes. "Yemen - the poorest country in the Arab world - has inaugurated a new mosque big enough for 40,000 worshippers in its capital, Sana'a. The building is named after the country's long-serving president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. It cost $60m to build. The United Nations estimates 42% of Yemenis live in poverty and that one in five is malnourished."" (thanks Nabeel)