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May 11, 2012

How Right-Wing Extremists and Islamists Are the Same

by Barbara Hans and Julia Jüttner, Der Spiegel, Germany - Last weekend, Salafist Muslims and anti-Islam right-wingers faced off in Bonn, and 29 police officers were injured as a result. The two groups appear to be diametrically opposed, but a deeper look reveals they have a great deal in common. The totalitarian worldview has many manifestations.

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