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2005-02-16 Arabia

Beirut Daily Star sez radical Islam partially due to Kuwaiti government

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-02-16 12:24:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Extremism in Kuwait is partly the governmentâs own making. In establishing radical religious movements to counter liberals demanding democracy, the government gave teeth to Islamists

ya think? The only thing surprising about that comment was that it made it into print.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-16 8:18:04 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:18:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Whenever religious clerics get to amass military power, they will use it. The neat aspect of jihadism is that clerics get to employ this military power - in the form of terrorist attacks - without being held responsible, from a legal standpoint, for it. Their defense is that they are, after all, only engaging in political advocacy. That's the great part about being the "political wing" of jihadist movements - you can order assassinations and mass murder without being held accountable.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-16 10:32:36 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-16 10:32:36 AM|| Front Page Top

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