atatrk was on to something, and that is that arab clerical culture is inherently degenerate. he grasped the three poisons that are shia, sufi, and salafi. shia attack all of islam and muslims. sufis attack the letter of the law. salafis attack the spirit of the law.  he didn't know it at the time, but what he really sought to revive was the warrior spirit of original islam.  a century later, we know that islam is jihad, that shari'ah facilitates jihad, and that tawhid implies jihad. he saw the problem, and he attacked the problem, but he couldn't find the cure. jihad is the cure.
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