A French scholar of Islamism named Olivier Roy wrote in 1994 that, as a form of governance, political Islam was doomed to fail. He argued that Islamists were essentially fundamentalists obsessed with medieval social norms and bereft of any political or economic program. He predicted that, if and when they came to power, they would […]
Iran, Afghanistan and the Problem With Islamist Rule
Religious-political movements eventually are undone by necessary compromises.
