 AP Photo A new Salafi Crescent, radiating from the Persian Gulf sheikdoms into the Levant and North Africa, is one of the most underappreciated and disturbing byproducts of the Arab revolts. In varying degrees, these populist puritans are moving into the political space once occupied by jihadi militants, who are now less in vogue. Both are fundamentalists who favor a new order modeled on early Islam. TAGGED: Arab Spring, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabis, Salafists, Islamists, Muslim BrotherhoodRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| Let's take a look around, shall we? Egypt remains in thrall to its military, and even if the Muslim Brotherhood manages to wrest control from it, that certainly portends no great success for democracy. Dr. Roy is as clear-eyed as... more ›› |
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