Middle East repression fears drive Islamist pragmatism
US debates over criminalising the Muslim Brotherhood neglect the movement's pragmatic record in government
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- Islamists in government
- Islamists in opposition
- Excluded and repressed
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_350.jpg "Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, right, and Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Islamist Ennahda movement, Tunisia (Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi)")