Word: extremist
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...constitutional supremacy, an independent judiciary with powers like habeas corpus and citizens who feels secure in their relationship with the state. These are all the things that Pervez Musharraf has denied and denuded the country of, and these are all the deprivations that the militant and the extremist thrives on. You have got to start thinking, is a mass of 160 million people deprived of their rights and of due process, witnessing the sheer helplessness of its most prominent citizen, the Chief Justice... does this contribute to the fight against terror or does such a mass not become that...
...Muslims. If moderate Muslims would condemn and speak out against terrorism, mistrust would vanish. Same for discrimination: Muslim women wearing head scarves are signaling, Look how different I am! Neither Protestants nor Catholics make such a show of their faith. If Muslim women chose to follow a less extremist interpretation of Koranic rules, they would no longer suffer from discrimination. Nicolas Gessner, PARIS...
...women's circuit who speaks some words of Arabic, which she studied briefly in school. Religious prejudices are never an issue for her; in previous years, she teamed up in doubles with Sania Mirza, a Muslim from India. There was little complaint in Israel, but in India, extremist Muslim clerics were outraged at Mirza...
Ahsan sounds more conciliatory. He talks of a "grand new compact" among the army, the political parties and the judiciary to defeat extremist forces and restore democracy. There may even be a role for Musharraf, Ahsan adds, but he must first restore the constitution, reinstate the sacked judges and submit to the law. "I am not just saying 'Tordo,'" says Ahsan. "I am also saying 'Jordo,' which means 'Fix it, put it together, repair it.' And I think this nation needs to be put back together...
...battle. Dictatorship has an understandable fear of real culture as opposed to the state's culture. Once people are exposed to real culture, they will ask about their rights." He argues that authoritarianism is at the root of many of Egypt's social ills, including the spread of extremist Islam...