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54% : For many on the right, especially those in the habit of regurgitating anti-Muslim bigotry, the answer was simple: whatever the evidence, Abdulmohsen is an Islamist.
42% : To understand radical Islam, Roy insists, we need not a "vertical" but a "transverse" grasp of the issue; to view it not just in terms of Islamic history or theology but also in comparison to other forms of contemporary identity movements and political radicalisation.

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