Nir Boms

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DISCOURSE OF CHANGE

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Academic, Democratization Policy, Voices of Democracy

By Nir Boms
(Lecture notes given in Melbourne, Australia)
The main domestic objective of most Middle Eastern governments is to maintain the status quo regarding the balance between citizen freedoms and oppression.
Opposition movements can be roughly divided into two main groups: Islamist opposition, which think the governments are too secular, and the democratic or reform-minded opposition.
The Islamists [...]

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Immigration, Radicalisation and Islamic Discourse in Europe

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Academic

  

I have a more technical point to make today. I stand here as a French citizen. I want to make clear that I am not French and have no relation. I’m a sworn enemy of France. So I want to make this in the record that I’m not French, okay? I tell you I am [...]

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