Post by peterd on Oct 31, 2012 5:13:55 GMT -8
Despite their poor results in elections, the Salafi movements have succeeded in putting their stamp on the policies of the Islamic mainstream - and moderate Islamists continue to react towards the Salafis with a certain degree of despondency. Samir Farangiya reports on the phenomenon of the new inter-Islamic cultural war
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The reaction in Arab and other Islamic countries to the release of clips from the film "Innocence of Muslims" recalls previous incidents that have led to similar waves of anger and violence – the Danish caricature row, the call by the American pastor Terry Jones to burn the Koran, and, of course, Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses", which was the precursor to all such subsequent events.
en.qantara.de/The-Despondency-of-the-Political-Middle-Ground/19990c500/index.html