Douglas Herbert meets Syrian philosopher and writer Sadiq Jalal al-Azm to discuss the explosive mix of religion and politics in the Arab world. His guest has first-hand knowledge of how touchy the subject is. He himself was briefly jailed in 1970 after writing a groundbreaking book on the Six-Day War. He argued back then that the Arab defeat was due, in part, to their leaders' failure to rethink the role of religion in society.<br /><br />http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18004<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Subscribe to our YouTube channel:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=france24english<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en
