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No doubt the Muslim region is in need of a thoroughgoing process of reform. But this true premise must not lead us to false conclusions.
Any effort of reform worthy of the name must meet two fundamental conditions. It must be deeply rooted in the concerns, needs and priorities of the internal Muslim body, and acutely aware of its geopolitical context and the mechanisms of hegemony at work therein.
That is crucial in a region destined since the 18th century to be the cornerstone of western projects of expansionism and the scene of much blood, lies and illusions, from Bonaparte's "enlightenment" and "progress" to Bush's "modernisation" and "reform".
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