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| | Fighting Militant Islam, Without Bias by Daniel Pipes, City Journal Autumn 2001 |
 | | But one can note two common points: Islam is, more than any other major religion, deeply political, in the sense that it pushes its adherents to hold power; and once Muslims do gain power, they feel a strong impetus to apply the laws of Islam, the shari`a. |
 | | Militant Islam (or Islamismsame thing) goes back to Egypt in the 1920s, when an organization called the Muslim Brethren first emerged, though there are other strains as well, including an Iranian one, largely formulated by Ayatollah Khomeini, and a Saudi one, to which the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan and Usama bin Ladin both belong. |
 | | Further, experts on Islam and Muslimsacademics, journalists, religious figures, and government officialsmust be held to account for their views. |
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