“Islam is communism with God,” as Maxime Rodinson described it; and just as communism was during much of the twentieth century, Islam is currently expanding. What does this imply in practical terms? During the Cold War, James Burnham argued that the prevailing strategy of “containment” was a flawed approach to countering communism and the Free…
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