No not specifically

Submitted by Empress Trudy (United States), Jul 21, 2013 at 17:47

Islamists don't have to be autocrats, at least not in the sense that any stable Arab government is autocratic. It's simply the only option to anarchy and civil war. So take your pick; autocracy or anarchy. How that autocracy is achieved is not entirely relevant.

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