What if a group decides democratically that they dont want to be liberal--that they want an illiberal democracy? Shadi Hamid argues that repression originally compelled Islamists to moderate their politics. But ironically, democratic openings pushed them back to their original fundamentalism, leaving no space for liberal norms such as womens rights. carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20140408b/index.html
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:00:01 +0000
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