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Unfortunately, I think, we sometimes behave like ideologues. We try to interpret events in ways that ratify our agenda, even if we are completely off the mark. This causes us to misunderstand our own people, our Ummah, and they become alienated from us, and we from them. And we undermine our own agenda this way;…

There is a fairly consistent set of demands which drove the original revolution in Egypt, and to a certain extent, drove the opposition to Mursi, and yes, which still drive protests today. Indeed, these are issues which drive protests all around the world. Unless and until the Islamic movements start to actually address these socioeconomic…