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Author recommendation: Maajid Nawaz and Mustafa Akyol are among the several Muslim authors/intellectuals that best articulate the short- and long-term case for deradicalization of islamist terrorists, and reformation in the Muslim world.

The dictator of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, is infamous both for his brutality and for imposing a ridiculous personality cult that includes portraying himself as a prolific writer, virtuoso musician, sharp shooter, achieved athlete, and, lately, great golfer.

Are North Korea and Cuba Democracies? This dictatorship apologist thinks so. No joke.

The following piece by Wired is a must-read:

"Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens." The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents

Heart-breaking testimony of torture under the world's most brutal dictatorship -- North Korea