In Principle No Contradiction. Practice Is Something Different?
by Martin Kramer
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|In principle, no contradiction. Practice is something different. |
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|It has been a time of fervent Western testimonials. Islam, avers a noted journalist in Foreign Affairs, is now "at a juncture |
|increasingly equated with the Protestant Reformation," due to the growing number of Islamists who "are now trying to reconcile |
|moral and religious tenets with modern life, political competition, and free markets." What these "supposed fanatics" really want,|
|writes a leading political scientist in Ethics and International Affairs, is "the end of corrupt, arbitrary, and unpredictable |
|rule and the imposition of the rule of law and responsible government." The new Islamic fundamentalism should be seen "for what it|
|is," concludes a former intelligence analyst in the Washington Post, |
|a movement that is historically inevitable and politically "tamable." Over the long run it even represents ultimate political
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|In principle, no contradiction. Practice is something different. |
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| …show more content…
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|It has been a time of fervent Western testimonials. Islam, avers a noted journalist in Foreign Affairs, is now "at a juncture |
|increasingly equated with the Protestant Reformation," due to the growing number of Islamists who "are now trying to reconcile |
|moral and religious tenets with modern life, political competition, and free markets." What these "supposed fanatics" really want,|
|writes a leading political scientist in Ethics and International Affairs, is "the end of corrupt, arbitrary, and unpredictable |
|rule and the imposition of the rule of law and responsible government." The new Islamic fundamentalism should be seen "for what it|
|is," concludes a former intelligence analyst in the Washington Post, |
|a movement that is historically inevitable and politically "tamable." Over the long run it even represents ultimate political