Bible In The News

Riots and civil unrest are sweeping across the Arab world. This is David Billington with you, for Bible in the News on January 28. First the government in Tunisia fell, swept away by mass protest. In Egypt there are indications that the government is on the way out and maybe even the long term leader Hosni Mubarak. There have also been protests in Algeria, Sudan, Jordan and Yemen. Lebanon is also in turmoil where the Islamist Hezbollah, are gaining more and more control. Will 2011 be remembered as a year of Arab revolutions? Events are progressing rapidly and it will be difficult to see exactly where things are headed for some time. The pendulum could swing towards extremist Muslim governments before swinging back. One thing seems certain, a wind of change is blowing across the Middle East.