Hossein Mansour
Egyptian-American analyst and JINSA Fellow focused on Arab politics, Islamist movements, and Muslim antisemitism; author of "Minority of One" and "After the Ayatollah."
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Jul 10, 2026
Hossein MansourGUEST
Yeah, without the seductive nature of a mass ideology that's able to offer some sort of an alternative to a secular nation state.
Hossein MansourGUEST
And that was basically what the Islamic Republic has done for a very long time for political Islam beyond just the Shia world, for the Shia and the Sunni world.
Hossein MansourGUEST
And the birth of the Islamic Republic in 1979 was basically the proof of concept of Islamism.
Hossein MansourGUEST
all of these Western ideas about the progress of history and everybody has to become modern and secularized.
Hossein MansourGUEST
No, no, no. Iran proves that this is not true, that you can have an Islamic Republic in the 20th and the 21st century.
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Negar MojtahediHOST
And we know that the founder of the Islamic Republic, Khomeini, was very much influenced by the teachings of the Muslim Brotherhood and the founders of the Muslim Brotherhood.