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Arab liberals must stay in the game

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Islamist academics are gaining power in the Middle East and North Africa. But to build science needs liberal input, argues Ehsan Masood.

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  1. Ehsan Masood is editor of Research Fortnight and author of Science and Islam: A History. He is based in London.,

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