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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Taliban perpetuate Muslim world's failed governance paradigm
Description: The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to scholar Ahmet T Kuru, explains underdevelopment in many Muslim-majority states and authoritarianism in most.