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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;" align="left"><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/archives.aspx?col=Dr.%20Michael%20Youssef" style="color: #0e4d8b; background: inherit;"><img src="http://www.onenewsnow.com/uploadedImages/Media/Images/columnists_archives_button.jpg" border="0" alt="columnists archives button" title="columnists archives button" hspace="3" vspace="3" align="right" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px;" /></a><img src="http://www.onenewsnow.com/uploadedImages/MichaelYoussef.jpg" border="0" alt="Michael Youssef" title="Michael Youssef" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="81" height="127" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px;" />Most social scientists would agree that world events do not happen in a vacuum. Political forces, whether they are accidental or deliberate, in succession or a single action, give rise to political and social movements.</p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;" align="left">After the fall of the Shah of Iran, Islamic expansionists began looking for ways and means by which to accomplish their religious dreams. Empowered by "divine mandate" and fueled with lots of oil, they believed the world must be dominated by Islam and the Sharia. Yet, in order to claim victory, they had to overcome their greatest obstacle: the power of the United States.<br /> 
