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The reality of women in Islam is a prefabricated destiny.

— Tariq Ali The Clash of Fundamentalism (2002)

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We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.

The Clash of Fundamentalism (2002)

Torture, encouraged from above, became a fact of life [in occupied Iraq]. Perhaps some good liberal apologist for Blair will soon explain how democratic torture is much nicer than authoritarian torture.

The Clash of Fundamentalism (2002)

What accounts, then, for his elevation to a cult figure?

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Revolutionary periods invariably encompass a huge fluctuation of political consciousness that can never be registered accurately by any referendum.

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Why is insurrection an art? Because an armed uprising against he capitalist state or occupying imperialist armies has to be choreographed with precision, especially during its final stages.

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