“For all their incoherence and senseless rage, their message is attractive to those layers of the population who yearn for some order in their lives. If the fanatics promise to feed them and educate their children they are prepared to forgo the delights of CNN and BBC World.”

—  Tariq Ali , book The Clash of Fundamentalisms

Referring to the Taliban. The Clash of Fundamentalisms ISBN 1-85984-457-X, pg. 200.

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