by Asle Toje

Originally published in Danish in the Berlingske Tidene, Saturday, 8. May 2004.

The world’s leading power was engaged in a global war against piracy. A controversial intervention against an Arab dictator brought Islamic extremism to the fore. The empire suddenly found itself in conflict with a broad Islamic movement with a mystical fanatic at its head. The year was 1882.

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