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tome
4757 days ago
"Islamism" certainly does not mean "Islamic terrorism". It means a belief that Islam should be a force in the public sphere, not just a private religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism
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gngeal
4757 days ago
Which is precisely the thing that is incompatible with Western democracy. Of would you like to amend the First Amendment?
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tome
4757 days ago
It's absolutely incompatible with democracy, and more importantly in my opinion, with liberalism.
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