Hey! how about the rest of the that there Dar al-Islam

Wanted to quickly highlight a couple of interesting pieces that are not about Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan.

Fistful of Euros generally covers Europe, but today there's an interesting analysis of Senegal as a outlying Islamic democracy in Africa.

So why doesn’t Senegal get any respect?

Really. Whenever you see pundits talking about democracy and Islam, it’s all “well, Turkey, and perhaps Indonesia, ummm, maybe Malaysia? Wait, does Albania count?”

It’s hard to avoid thinking that Senegal gets overlooked because it’s, you know. Down there.

But Senegal’s not even alone. Two other Francophone West African countries — Mali and Niger — are far down the road to democracy.

Its a good point, particularly given the medias tendency to only be able to follow one story at a time.