the cold war on muslim democrats and liberal Islamists

Essential op-ed in the Washington Post by Egyptian democray activist, Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Absolutely essential.

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The pattern here is clear, and it is Islamic. And among the few secular public figures who made it into the top 10 are Palestinian Marwan Barghouti (31 percent) and Egypt's Ayman Nour (29 percent), both of whom are prisoners of conscience in Israeli and Egyptian jails, respectively.


Don't miss this related story in NPR: Israel Seizes Hamas Ministers and Lawmakers (June 29th)

Also, Abu Aardvark has been blogging for years about "liberal" Islamists. The key here is that not all islamists are our enemy. The best case of this is Yusuf Al-Qaradawi.

 

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