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Comment by JumpCrisscross

5 hours ago

> Islamists fight to be the oppressors

Eh, the history of Islamism comes out of rebelling against secular dictators who had a habit of imprisoning their thought leaders.

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Mainan_Tagonist  4 hours ago

or put simply, just rebelling against any attempt at modernising muslim societies. Anwar Sadat comes to mind.

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