Islamism and the Left

[Indy Texas]

The favoured targets of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are socialists.

e.g. noted Islamic Marxist feminist Malala Yousafzai.

It's worth remembering that during the Cold War, Islamism was seen by the West as the lesser of two evils compared to Marxism, which was the more pressing threat at the time in places like Afghanistan.