King Abdullah. Probably the richest man in the world to run his own nation-state and coercive apparatus. A true Zionophobe, he judged his Jewish acquaintances by whether they were supporters of Israel or not, even when he was the young, hip prince of the 1970s jet-set. As King he supported initiatives to reduce the Jews of Israel to Arab subjugation once more, thus demonstrating "peaceful" intent by not insisting upon Jews' annihilation per Hezbollah, Fatah, and Hamas. He put human rights workers and pro-democracy activists in jail, forbidding their contact with the outside world or their departure from the Kingdom even after their completed sentences. His personal
"dialogue" initiatives stressed that the purpose of dialogue with other cultures was proselytization of Islam - listening to non-Muslims' was ruled out - and that Muslims were to blame terrorism upon their non-Muslim victims. He supported the line that criticism of Islam should be made a thought crime with
genocidal consequences to the perpetrators.
It seems to me that praise for this man doesn't reflect how great he was but how far down Arabs and Muslims have sunk: in their accomplishments, in the expectations non-Muslims have of Muslims, and in their fear of G-d.