The answer?

Submitted by Jeffrey Sheff (United States), Jul 18, 2017 at 10:29

I doubt that, although Islamic reformers should certainly be supported, an alternative, reformed Islam will likely be no more an "answer" to Islamism, especially in countries where Islam holds sway, than democratic socialism was the answer to Communism. (or that Protestantism was the answer to Catholicism, or that Reform Judaism is the answer to Orthodox Judaism.)

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