--- Manjur Karim <piashkarim at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The rise of Islamization in Iraqi resistance (as in
> the Palestinian resistance) is way more complex than
> the search for funding. While funding may play a
> role but the whole dynamic of Islamization has a lot
> do with the discovery of Islam in that part of the
> world as a site of resistance against imperialism.
> Those of us who belong to the secular Third World
> Left do not approve of this militant revivalism, but
> it is also important to understand the historical
> trajectories through which this phenomenon has
> emerged. Actually this understanding is the only way
> through which the Left in the Muslim societies can
> re-capture the political initiatives. Islamic
> militancy is largely a response to economic
> marginalization, political disempowerment, and
> cultural dislocation. A frustration with secular
> discourses such a nationalism and marxism (as in
> Palestine) are important pieces of the puzzle.
>
> Manjur Karim
>
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