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When I was living in Sharjah, at a certain point, we had to rent a car. There is an area of town where car rental shops line the street, so me and my family went from office to office trying to find a good deal. The first thing you notice when you enter these offices…

Listing the things that need to be done is not the same thing as making a plan for how to accomplish them. Islamist leaders (leaders of groups and parties, I mean) may say, for instance, “the problem is that we are divided into nation-states, and those nation-states are ruled by client governments who serve the…