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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson

Guerrilla History

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The French Translation of the Constitution of Syria

It was translated in this way to conform with what a the french foreign ministry and the military were telling the french parliament at that time about why they were spending the money to occupy syria. Later scholars used that french translation of the constitution as though it were a true historical record. So we have a copy arabic that sort not an original, but published in his book. Some might be given to read this as a progressive constitution that arises very much contingently,. as an aberration from, you know, islam and islam's relation to democracy because of those particular circumstances.

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