https://www.scmp.com/rss/500547/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Imagine a democracy where one in three citizens cannot decide who gets to rule their country. Where citizens fleeing nuclear radiation and rising sea levels have been forced from their homes and must cast their votes by post. Where a government spotting a political advantage strips them of the right to do so with a law that is ruled unconstitutional by the highest court of the land, yet will continue to be implemented anyway. Sound like a dystopian vision of the future? Wrong, it’s the Marshall... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3035976/pro-us-democracy-where-1-3-cant-vote-hong-kong-model-and-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3035976/pro-us-democracy-where-1-3-cant-vote-hong-kong-model-and-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Nov 2019 23:00:12 +0000 Nestled along a backstreet behind the courthouse in downtown Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, is a mosque that looks like any other mosque in the world. A cinder block building, covered with a gabled roof that supports two minarets, its paint combining the cerulean blue of the lagoon and the white of the ocean waves. The Arabic inscription on the entrance proclaims the unity of God and the prophethood of Mohammed. A speaker sounds the call to prayer five times a day. Had this mosque... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3006385/driven-pakistan-ahmadi-muslims-find-paradise-marshall-islands?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3006385/driven-pakistan-ahmadi-muslims-find-paradise-marshall-islands?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:00:05 +0000