Pure-minded Islamists accuse Hamas of forsaking its official name the Islamic Resistance Movement for the pursuit of power.

ECONOMIST: The Gaza Strip

And it then took a failed "Reconstruction, " retreat to segregation and a revival through the 20th-century civil-rights movement to really deliver on Lincoln's pursuit of the unfulfilled promise of 1776.

WSJ: Book Review: The End of Power

Al Qaeda -- the group and the wider terrorism movement -- now uses 21st century technology in pursuit of 14th century, even 7th century goals.

CNN: Studios of terror

By virtue of living in a democracy, and having endured indignities of rampant Islamophobia in their own country, American Muslims have a historic role to play, by way of sending a delegation to Iran, connecting to this grassroots democratic movement in a Muslim nation, and helping it restore its cosmopolitan character in pursuit of enduring democratic institutions.

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