First topic that I want to discuss is, Emmanuel Macron, the President of French Republic, claims to be a champion of free speech, in an interview to Al Jazeera in October 2020, he had said “I will always defend in my country the freedom to speak, to write, to think, to draw”. There is no doubt that some truly condemnable and atrocious incidents took place in France in the name of religion and one might even be sympathetic to Macron’s rallying against elements of French society that may have sought to undermine the very noble principle of free speech, except, Macron’s hypocrisy seems to know no bounds when it comes to not practising what he preaches.When talking about Macron, George Orwell’s 1984 and the phrase “Doublethink” comes to mind, in the novel this phrase meant the ability to hold two completely contradictory beliefs at the same time and to believe that they were both true. In Macron’s case, he somehow seems to believe that he could be a champion of Free Speech whilst actively undermining the very same principle that he publicly professes to hold so dear.The other topic that I discuss is Syrian Civil War, the conflict in Syria started over 10 years ago resulting in millions of people being displaced and countless lives being lost. Most people across the globe have a very polarised view of the Syrian conflict, there are some who believe Bashar Al Assad is a monster and should be removed at any cost and then there are those who believe Syrian Civil War was and is Syria’s internal matter and no external power should interfere in a sovereign country’s internal matters. This polarisation gets even steep when it comes to the Muslim World, because most Muslims don’t just see this as a conflict between a ruler and his subjects, to some Muslims it becomes a conflict between a Shiite dictator and an oppressed Sunni population and to other Muslims this becomes a clash between Saudi Inspired Wahhabi ideology and a Head of State who is trying to protect his diverse population from anarchy.