Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Are the Middle East’s Islamists committed to democracy or does their historical association with totalitarian movements provide cause for concern? Is political Islamism “inimical to the spirit of compromise and tolerance” that genuine democracy demands or do groups like the Muslim Brotherhood provide an alternative to more violent forces? The issues are debated in the latest

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Debating Islamists, ideology and democracy