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Why Is a U.S. Ambassador Honoring This Man?

“[Jamal ad-Din al-] Afghani believed that the rulers of the day had to be removed, if necessary by the bullet. A disciple once found him pacing back and forth, shouting, ‘There is no deliverance except in killing, there is no safety except in killing.’”

And, now, Amb. Frank Ricciardone pays him tribute. More, from Martin Kramer.

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, senior lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Civil-Military Relations, and a senior editor of the Middle East Quarterly.
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