... groups want. Domestically, they call for the implementation of strict Sharia law, segregation of the sexes, and the absence of western influences in society. In foreign policy, they stand for pan-Islamic solidarity. In particular they want no US influence over their politics or resources. Increasingly, this poor radical base, in Pakistan and around the world, has called for a clear definition ... of a political issue in Pakistan. Most of its leaders have been personally very secular and modern, yet they define nationhood through Islam and this is very problematic conceptually and practi...

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... upon villages get annihilated in Algeria. The list of events worldwide which have come to symbolize the "Islamic Terror" are endless. From the times in the 70's and 80's when Pan Am, and TWA airplanes were hijacked, to the mid 80's in war torn Lebanon where Americans and Europeans would be held as hostages for years, to the bombing of the ... ...

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... influence. They want to gradually effect changes in government and move towards an Islamic President that will be someone who works with the people and practices the Sharia. They promote Pan-Arabism and mastering the world with Islam. On the other hand, their Revolutionary ideas talk about liberating the occupied lands from the West and though they say it is a risk ... ...

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