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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (120984)12/4/2003 11:55:21 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I still don’t see how anyone familiar with the development of Islam as a political force in SE Asia can call it a “contagion” that spread from the Middle East

If it emanates from Saudi-funded mosques and madrassas whose mission is to convert SE Asia to Wahabbi Islam, they can.

re: the definition of Islamism. I think Neocon is using Daniel Pipe's definition of Islamism, by which he means a twentieth century ideology with a totalitarian bent, not the 14 century-old religion of Islam.

Here's an essay where he explains the difference:

Islam and Islamism - Faith and Ideology
danielpipes.org
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