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Manufacturing the Dictator

How Islam Keeps Giving Birth to Tyrannical Regimes

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Dan Burmawi
Jul 03, 2025
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The Arab world has been plagued by a persistent cycle of authoritarianism, where dictators rise, regimes oppress, and revolutions falter, only to pave the way for new forms of tyranny. This is not a coincidence but a consequence. At the heart of this issue lies the way Islam molds the individual from childhood. The theological framework of Islam relies …

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