As recently as 2012, it appeared that Islamists could overcome their many internal dissimilarities — sectarian (Sunni, Shiite), political (monarchical, republican), tactical (political, violent) or attitudes toward modernity (Salafi, Muslim Brotherhood) — and cooperate. In Tunisia, for example, Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood types found common ground. Differences between all these groups were real but secondary, as I put it then, because “all Islamists pull in the same direction, toward the full and severe application of Islamic law (the Shariah).” Read more: washingtontimes/news/2013/jul/22/islamisms-likely-doom/#ixzz2ZoDhi8NT Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:40:20 +0000
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