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Pete Hoekstra: “When we talk about the jihadists, they believe that the modern world has forsaken that pure religious life. They believe…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2007
When we talk about the jihadists, they believe that the modern world has forsaken that pure religious life. They believe only in a caliphate governed by shiria law and that is the way to return to that pure life. That is the world they now want to recreate. And as they recreate it, they want to force it on the rest of us.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the motivations of jihadists during a floor speech.

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