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October 02, 2011

AP: Global Islamic movement may be more potent force for change than al-Qaida

by Denis D. Gray
The Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The chanting crowd at the radical Muslim protest in Indonesia stood out for its normalcy: smartly dressed businessmen, engineers, lawyers, smiling mothers, scampering children.

At a time when al-Qaida seems to be faltering, the recruitment of such an educated, somewhat mainstream following is raising fears that Hizbut Tahrir, an enigmatic global movement, could prove more effective at radicalizing the Islamic world than outright terrorist groups.

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