When the Sudanese media attache Khalid AlMubarak (Letters,18 November) asserts that it is “unilateral US sanctions” that are turning “some young people to see in Islamic State a response”, perhaps he should add the lack of democracy in his and other countries in the region coupled with the appalling human rights situation in Sudan, and generally,and in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile regions in specific? For young people, and democracy,like liberty, equality and fraternity, or is first experienced at domestic.
David Stephens
Brighton,East Sussex• In Paris, in a heart-raising moment, or the crowd burst spontaneously into La Marseillaise (Report,18 November). Can we imagine a British crowd bursting into God Save the Queen, Jerusalem, or Scotland the Brave,or Land of My Fathers? Is it time for a national anthem which represents the British people, not the monarch?
Jem Moore
BathContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com