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...fundamentalists are extremist or violent,” she said, adding that the word has been used frequently and incorrectly following the Sept. 11 incident...
...According to Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer, this essay will be part of a lawsuit that Anwar, the jailed former Deputy Prime Minister, plans to file this week against the Malaysian government for alleged defamation resulting from a state-owned TV broadcast that he says characterized him as an Islamic extremist and a threat to national security...
...position as Bush in that this issue could make or break her presidency," says Eros Djarot, her former adviser. The immediate consequences: international praise and strident gatherings outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. A leading Islamic council promised jihad?though not necessarily violence?if the U.S. invades Afghanistan. And extremist groups, a tiny but vocal fraction of Indonesia's Muslims, conducted "sweeps" through hotels in central Java, checking guest lists for Americans and warning that they will return if war commences. It's hard to attract investment if investors are scared...
...domestic politics have taken on international dimensions. Both sides stand to gain from better relations. For Iran, support for an anti-terrorism coalition could get sanctions lifted and frozen assets released. In exchange, Washington would expect Iran to provide valuable intelligence on the Taliban and to stop supporting extremist groups like Hamas and Hizballah. Not least, Khatami's moral authority in the Islamic world could help dampen any anti-Western backlash in the wake of military attacks on Afghanistan...
...weakest link, several French antiterrorist sources concur, is the protection that British civil liberties provide extremist movements. In addition to the often chilling rhetoric voiced by U.K.-based fundamentalists, their religious operations are cited by the French as instrumental in the radicalization process of many Continental recruits - including Zacarias Moussaoui, a French national now held in the U.S. as a suspect in attacks there. Like Moussaoui, many Muslims are radicalized in the fundamentalist mosques of Baker Street and Finsbury Park. And, like Moussaoui, so many volunteers to the bin Laden cause use the British capital as a base between visits...