Word: islamist
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...life - racism, rejection, injustice, violence - and in some cases have reacted in ways that are just as hard. In some cases, they became really sick. With Zacary, I think he sought out people and ideas as extreme as the humiliation and fury he experienced before he became an Islamist...
...successful democratic elections (despite an ongoing military occupation) and hopeful that the Hamas-led government can bring a new and more successful approach to internal governance and relations with Israel. While, like many Palestinians, I am anxious to learn how a Hamas-led government will choose to implement its Islamist party values in the fairly liberal Palestinian society, I also share the widespread conviction that the democratically-elected majority party is the last chance the Palestinians have to create an effective, transparent, and responsive government under the current post-Oslo political structure. Hamas’s success in government...
...this is a war of ideas we are fighting, between a free country governed by the rule of law and a radical Islamist enemy, then a pageant of vengeance, of punishment based more on sorrow and fury than logic and evidence, does not honor the memory of those lost in this battle. One victim?s mother said she hoped he would not get the death penalty, to "demonstrate that we are a nation of mercy." And for those still looking for vengeance as well as justice, it is worth asking: If Moussaoui dreamed of martyrdom in a suicide attack...
...Kurds' primary problem with Jaafari may be less his sectarian or Islamist inclinations, than his refusal to back their claim on the oil city of Kirkuk-and his willingness to consort with Turkey to prevent the emergence of a viable Kurdish entity with de facto independence. Again, Jaafari's position on this issue is shared by the Sunnis and the more nationalist (as opposed to Iran-inclined) Shi'ites...
...least, there is general agreement that the best interests of Hamas lie in establishing a viable government and restraining militants. But some of that agreement may be tenuous, and Hamas, like Fatah, may face internal political troubles as a result of its ascent. Although the Islamist movement is far more disciplined than its secular nationalist rival, many leaders in Hamas opposed the decision to participate in elections, and they will resist the trend towards reaching any level of accommodation with Israel...