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bemused_leftist) wrote2011-02-22 10:57 pm
bemused_leftist) wrote2011-02-22 10:57 pm
Olivier Roy on ME social movements
Roy also sees a generational phenomenon. This is the coming of age of a generation born in crisis but who has never considered Islamism as solution to all social problems (as Islamism is seen as one of these discredited ideology).
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And the reality is that Islamists, at this point, have no chance of winning elections in Egypt or Tunisia (they would roughly score around 20% of the votes). This is nothing like the 1979 Iranian revolution
http://globalsociology.com/2011/02/21/olivier-roy-on-middle-east-social-movements/
More interesting stuff at the site.
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And the reality is that Islamists, at this point, have no chance of winning elections in Egypt or Tunisia (they would roughly score around 20% of the votes). This is nothing like the 1979 Iranian revolution
http://globalsociology.com/2011/02/21/olivier-roy-on-middle-east-social-movements/
More interesting stuff at the site.