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I am not sure why this is downvoted, because this is what happened in Iran, the islamists took advantage of the 1979's revolution.
by pepperonipizza 5y ago
I am not sure why this is downvoted, because this is what happened in Iran, the islamists took advantage of the 1979's revolution.
- brink 5y ago
- TravHatesMe 5y agoI thought that the former Soviet countries were more moderate Muslims.
- xyzzyz 5y agoThe ones in Central Asia, yeah.
- inglor_cz 5y agoGenerally yes, but it has been a long time since 1990 and no corner of the Sunni world was entirely spared from Wahhabi influence, which brings radicalism. You do not need 51 per cent of jihadis to have serious problems. 10 per cent is probably destabilizing enough.
- JaimeThompson 5y agoThat is a rather simplistic take on things in my opinion.
- badRNG 5y agoThis glosses over the historical context of the Iranian revolution. Iran's leftist, democratically-elected prime minister (who nationalized the oil fields in 1951 that were originally taken by British Petroleum) was overthrown for a West-backed dictatorship in Iran in 1953 that lead to the mass killings of leftists and pro-democracy advocates. The 1979 revolution led to the restoration of elections. Good writeup here: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthr...
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- inglor_cz 5y ago"The 1979 revolution led to the restoration of elections." Elections where candidates are extensively vetoed by the clergy before being allowed (or not) to run. Even if the population wanted to reduce the role of religion in politics, it isn't allowed to elect people whom the clergy deems too secular.
- kortilla 5y ago“Restoration of elections” in the same sense as Russia’s elections.