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Where Were the Tunisian Islamists? – NYTimes.com

January 23, 2011 islamoyankee

Where Were the Tunisian Islamists? – NYTimes.com.

The Tunisian revolt helps clarify a reality about Arab life: The terrorism we’ve seen over the past few years, with its utopian millennialism, doesn’t stem from the real societies of the Middle East. More Islamic radicals are to be found in the West than at home.

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