[lit-ideas] Re: The Jihadists' War With Islamist Democrats
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 23:37:01 -0700
Omar,
According to my doctor & medical reports (no problems & no medications to
take), I shall probably live well into my 90s. I’ll be 78 this coming October
so my 90s are just over the hill. But if you, being younger, expect to be
alive after I am dead, you might manage that – depending upon how old you are
now – and how many medications with serious side-effects you take. Be careful
though: you might live longer than I but if you don’t know it, what good is
it? Alzheimer’s plague’s so many old people nowadays. How’s your memory for
example? I gather you didn’t remember that you had that discussion about “the
New Islamists” with me a few years back. Then too, I notice that you messages
are very short as you comment below. Since you “may” have trouble making it
all the way to the end of a long paragraph, I’ll keep jerk your chain with this
itty bitty short one. J
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Jihadists' War With Islamist Democrats
I don't know if I can write longer than Lawrence, but with a bit of luck I
think I'll live longer :)
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From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 4:24 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] The Jihadists' War With Islamist Democrats
Al Qaeda has also struggled to respond to the Arab Spring. In Egypt, Libya, and
Tunisia, Islamists have rejected al Qaeda’s model of autocratic governance
through sharia law in favor of parliamentary politics. Even many of al Qaeda’s
theological fellow travelers, such as the ultraconservative Salafis in Egypt,
have embraced the democratic process and formed political parties to compete in
elections.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68160/william-mccants/al-qaedas-challenge
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