The "war of ideas" continues to form the core of the rehabilitation effort, as clerics and counselors attempt to convince prisoners to abandon hard line ideologies.
A whole generation in Sudan has grown up under the hard-line ideology that was imposed by Turabi and his colleagues after 1989.
But Mr. Ashcroft's hard-line ideology and extreme views and actions on issues like abortion and civil rights require a searching examination at his confirmation hearing.
Some quickly pointed the finger at a major fighting group based in Homs, Al Farouq Brigade, which is considered Islamist but is opposed to Mr. Absi's hard-line ideology.
"My observation: President Chávez is a character, and notwithstanding his hard-line ideology that I am a firm opponent of — be under no illusion about that — he's actually an affable and gregarious and open personality," Mr. Harper said.
Gilani wanted to tell Bush that he had sent forces into the tribal areas to clean out a major madrassa where hard-line ideology and intolerance were part of the daily curriculum.
The key will be to move away from the hard-line ideology of an organic versus conventional debate and instead examine what features of all agricultural systems could be utilised in a multi-faceted approach, using complementary ideas from each camp.
The American prisons were fertile grounds for jihadist leaders, and virtual universities, where leaders would indoctrinate their recruits with hard-line ideologies".
On the other hand, she said, "people hide behind the notion that there's a bright line between ideology and action, but some ideologies are inherently more violent than others".
"He is the stock market generation -- all bottom line, no ideology".
"The bottom line: the ideology of Al Qaeda doesn't suit us, and the revolutionaries in Syria must take a clear stance on this matter," Sheik Moaz wrote on his Facebook page.
