On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
When you have societies that repress, oppress, persecute on the basis of sectarianism and religion, you create the seedbed for extremism...
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Katrina Lantos Swett
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congress.govWhen you have societies that repress, oppress, persecute on the basis of sectarianism and religion, you create the seedbed for extremism...
Links religious repression to extremism and terrorism.
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