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Subject: RAND.ON.LIB.ISLAM
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khidr 10.09.11 - 12:22pm
The United States and its allies need to be more discriminating in the way they perceive and interact with groups who call themselves Islamic, said Cheryl Benard, a RAND an*lyst and author of the report. The term is too vague, and it doesn't really help us when we are looking to encourage progress and democratic principals, while being supportive of religious beliefs. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:24pm
The report is titled Civil Democratic Islam: Partners, Resources, and Strategies. It describes a number of key topics or marker issues - such as democracy, human rights, Islamic criminal penalties, polygamy, women's role in society, jihad, the status of minorities, and the principle of an Islamic state - that reveal a group's underlying ideology. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:25pm
The report assigns groups and individuals a position along a spectrum based on their values, with radical fundamentalism at one end and radical secularism at the other. Most groups fall somewhere in between, and can be classified as fundamentalists, traditionalists, modernists, or secularists. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:28pm
The report says. Traditionalists tend to concentrate on keeping their community and families within a pious Islamic framework. They tend not to challenge the state, and to oppose terrorism and violence. However, they are often uncomfortable with modernity, and many of them lack education, even about the principles of their own religion, relying instead on superstitions and local tradition. In many places, they have contributed to stagnation and inertia, and have not helped their societies prospe * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:30pm
Modernists and secularists are more closely aligned with the West in their values and policies, though the more extreme secularists can hold radical views that place them beyond the bounds of democracy. Modernists support reform in the hope that the Islamic world becomes part of contemporary global society. Secularists go even further, urging Muslims to accept the Western idea of a separation between religion and the state, relegating religion to a private matter. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:35pm
It says the most effective approach to engage the Islamic world might include a strategic combination of the following elements: Support the modernists first. To gain awareness and compete with the powerful fundamentalist interpretations of Islam and the appeal of its bold and aggressive stance to young people.. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:36pm
West can help modernists disseminate their views to mass audiences through a variety of vehicles. These include education, the media (books, radio, TV, newspapers, and Web sites), businesses, independent civic organizations, and civil society. * +

khidr 10.09.11 - 12:36pm
The West can help modernists disseminate their views to mass audiences through a variety of vehicles. These include education, the media (books, radio, TV, newspapers, and Web sites), businesses, independent civic organizations, and civil society. * +

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