Conservatives also embrace islamism
Reader comment on item: The Left vs. the Islamists

Submitted by Rasmus Sonderriis (Chile), Feb 28, 2009 at 10:00

That is often true in the case of the extreme left, which shares Islamists' hatred of Western civilisation. But there are also frequent unholy alliances between Islamists and Christian conservatives on issues such as gay rights and quelling anti-religious freedom of speech (e.g. the Mohammed cartoon affair).

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