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| | == From an Italian friend on Islamization == | | == From an Italian friend on Islamization == |
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| − | <blockquote>**BIGOTRY** | + | <blockquote>'''BIGOTRY''' |
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| | As if we here in America didn’t already have enough homegrown extremism — the ''KKK, neo-Nazis'', and the ''4chan''-style far right — with the influx of unchecked Arab-Islamic immigration noistibg up Islamist extremism masked under political activism. In New York alone, the [[Muslim]] population is nearing a million. That reality inevitably raises questions about how identity, religion, and politics intersect in local and national movements. | | As if we here in America didn’t already have enough homegrown extremism — the ''KKK, neo-Nazis'', and the ''4chan''-style far right — with the influx of unchecked Arab-Islamic immigration noistibg up Islamist extremism masked under political activism. In New York alone, the [[Muslim]] population is nearing a million. That reality inevitably raises questions about how identity, religion, and politics intersect in local and national movements. |
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| | What, for example, is Zohran Mamdani’s long-term political vision beyond the current “socialist” branding that dominates progressive politics? | | What, for example, is Zohran Mamdani’s long-term political vision beyond the current “socialist” branding that dominates progressive politics? |
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| − | **What Tucker & Co. refuse to understand**
| + | '''What Tucker & Co. refuse to understand''' |
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| | Islamist movements do not gain influence primarily through open religious campaigning. They often advance through political alignment, media influence, activist networks, and the strategic use of anti-Israel sentiment as a mobilizing tool. | | Islamist movements do not gain influence primarily through open religious campaigning. They often advance through political alignment, media influence, activist networks, and the strategic use of anti-Israel sentiment as a mobilizing tool. |
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| | [[Qatar]], through its enormous financial reach (100 billion dollars - [https://www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought-america-9df How Qatar Bought America]) and soft-power infrastructure, has become one of the most influential foreign actors shaping Western discourse on the Middle East. Its funding networks, lobbying efforts, universities, think tanks, and media apparatus have had a measurable impact on elite opinion and political narratives. | | [[Qatar]], through its enormous financial reach (100 billion dollars - [https://www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought-america-9df How Qatar Bought America]) and soft-power infrastructure, has become one of the most influential foreign actors shaping Western discourse on the Middle East. Its funding networks, lobbying efforts, universities, think tanks, and media apparatus have had a measurable impact on elite opinion and political narratives. |
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| − | Qatat's [[Al-Jazeera]] and ''Middle East Eye'' are only the visible edge of a much broader influence ecosystem.</blockquote> | + | Qatat's [[Al-Jazeera]] and ''Middle East Eye'' are only the visible edge of a much broader influence ecosystem.</blockquote>[[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 21:26, May 17, 2026 (EDT) |