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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Aykan Erdemir
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, former member of the Turkish Parliament
Aykan Erdemir
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Egyptians perform the sunset prayer after the first fasting day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Ahzar mosque in Cairo on July 10, 2013. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptians perform the sunset prayer after the first fasting day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Ahzar mosque in Cairo on July 10, 2013. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Tarek Elgawhary
President, Coexist Research International
Tarek Elgawhary
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An armed gendarme stands guard at Strasbourg's Christmas market, on its reopening day, on December 14, 2018, one day after French police shot dead the gunman who killed three people there. (PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)
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An armed gendarme stands guard at Strasbourg's Christmas market, on its reopening day, on December 14, 2018, one day after French police shot dead the gunman who killed three people there. (PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)
Robin Simcox
Terrorism and National Security Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Robin Simcox
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Iraqi Sunni Muslim worshippers attend Friday prayer at the Dawla mosque in the city of Ramadi, February 5, 2016 (MOADH AL-DULAIMI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Sunni Muslim worshippers attend Friday prayer at the Dawla mosque in the city of Ramadi, February 5, 2016 (MOADH AL-DULAIMI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Nathaniel Rabkin
Managing Editor, Inside Iraqi Politics
Nathaniel Rabkin
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Muslim Brotherhood supporters carry portraits of ousted president Mohamed Morsi outisde Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, July 26, 2013 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Muslim Brotherhood supporters carry portraits of ousted president Mohamed Morsi outisde Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, July 26, 2013 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Mokhtar Awad
Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Mokhtar Awad
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