Word: extremist
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...come out so strongly against bin Laden and his supporters and has been bold enough to declare them as outside of Islam. And the fact that this is coming from within the Muslim community is empowering. Only the Muslims themselves can effect the change necessary to remove these extremist elements from their religion—just as it took a people’s uprising in Lebanon to spur Syria’s nascent withdrawal. And as the representative of one million Muslims, the Islamic Commission of Spain has the clout to begin this much-needed purge...
...said that some fear democratic elections will allow extremist groups to take power and pointed to the recent elections in Iraq—in which a Shia government won a majority—as an example...
Shalom made references to when the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power in Iran, saying that Khomeini’s extremist Shia regime originally claimed to be “moderate...
...That's what I told [Assistant Secretary of State William] Burns: Where should I send [the Palestinian radicals]? To the Mediterranean, on a boat?" But he also claimed there were no Palestinian extremist offices in Damascus. "They have houses. They live in the houses, meet with people in the houses. That's what they call offices ... They don't have members in Syria; all their members are in Palestine. The only thing they used to do was call in the media to express their position...
...into trust funds managed by independent boards and earmarked for poverty alleviation. Fundamentally, Hertz sees debt relief as a security issue. "There's a moral imperative and also one of self-interest," she says. "When states can provide health, education and social services, there's less opportunity for extremist organizations to come in." --By Dorinda Elliott