The real battle against ISIS is political and social
If ISIS is a virus, then fighting it with the antibiotic of ill-conceived deadly force and repression could create ever-more deadly strains.
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salafism
The death throes of Arab thuggery
Arab civilisation has not collapsed but the thuggish political, economic and religious mafias dominating the region are dying violently.
Read MoreIslamism is the illusion
Islamism is not the solution but is built on an illusion. Islam’s past strength was actually a secular one based on free thought.
Read MoreSecular Egypt: dream or delusion?
Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
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