Author: Scott L. Montgomery und Daniel Chirot

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Strategies for combating fundamentalist ideologies

Reviving Islam's enlightenment

In 1877, the great French novelist Victor Hugo wrote, "Invading armies can be resisted; invading ideas cannot be." Nowadays, the power of ideas, for good or for evil, is something we need to take into account, particularly in contemplating Islamic radicalism. By Daniel Chirot and Scott L. MontgomeryMore

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