Bangladesh, Nov. 21 -- The United States is witnessing a moment that may define the global democratic trajectory for the next decade: one major state drawing a hard civilizational line against Islamist political networks, and one of its greatest cities opening the door to a politician whose ideological leanings are celebrated by activists but feared by security analysts. Governor Greg Abbotts designation of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist–criminal organizations, combined with a sweeping ban on their ability to own land in Texas, coincided with New York electing Zohran Mamdani – a figure whose rhetoric, affiliations and public positions place him directly within the ideologic...