Ratchet wheel

Submitted by Ugri (Finland), Aug 12, 2009 at 04:45

Ratchet wheel:
a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion. (Webster's)
That's the advance of Islam toward Islamism.

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