Second, religious values that emphasize social solidarity are an important corrective to the tendency of markets to polarize society by rewarding success.

As political power tends to polarize around economic power, sub Saharan African Muslims have been under represented in these mostly centralized political systems.

In our view, such a council could further polarize and politicize the human rights system and, in turn, further marginalize the developing countries in yet another important forum within the United Nations.

The current tone surrounding the peak oil debate is reminiscent of that surrounding the global war on terror, with the phrase you re either with us or against us recycled to polarize observers and analysts.