On Nov 27, 2006, at 9:41 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> The point is that political Islam - at least in the Shia community
> - is a
> contradictory movement which reminds some people of fascism and
> others of
> social democracy, as we can see every day on this list.
Social democracy? Eh? Could you elaborate on that? Social democracy to me is secular and gender-egalitarian. Political Islam is the opposite.
Doug