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King Abdullah and the Islamists

As the Arab Muslim world moves forward, the West is going backwards

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Melanie Phillips
Apr 25, 2025
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Muslims praying in Whitehall, London

A remarkable situation is fast developing in which the West is becoming more Islamist — the term for Islamic holy war extremism — than the Arab Muslim world itself.

This week, Jordan banned the extremist Muslim Brotherhood. All Brotherhood offices there have been closed, and its assets will be confiscated, shortly aft…

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