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Article: Radical Islam will not become 'governing ideology'.(Washington Pulse)
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- October 1, 2003
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Islamic extremism does not pose the same danger to the Western World the communist and fascist ideologies of the 20th century did, according to Michael Mandelbaum, a New York Times best-selling author.
"This ideology does not have the global appeal as the great ideological opponents of liberalism," Mandelbaum said at an Office of Naval Research conference. "These ideas have no chance of taking over the power of the country, which is the necessary condition for opposing liberalism in a serious way. These ideas, such as they are, already have been tried and failed," namely in Afghanistan and Iran, he said.
Radical Muslim ideas, he said, are doing better in ...