As Islamists have embraced democracy, the West has mistakenly rejected Islamic democracy. Only by enabling Islamist forces to participate openly in politics can the appeal of jihadism be reduced.
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Four years into a disastrous military adventure in Iraq and with the global war on terror against ill-defined forces of darkness still inconclusive, the collapse of America’s grand strategy has exposed how ill-conceived was its simplistic recipe for democratic change in the Arab world.