<P> Forrest Wilder, an environmental - issues writer for the Texas Observer, describes the New Apostolic Reformation as having "taken Pentecostalism, with its emphasis on ecstatic worship and the supernatural, and given it an adrenaline shot ." Wilder adds that beliefs of people associated with the movement "can tend toward the bizarre" and that it has "taken biblical literalism to an extreme ." </P> <P> Al Jazeera called the NAR "America's Own Taliban" in an article highlighting NAR's dominionism as bearing resemblance to Islamic extremism as seen in groups such as the Taliban because of the NAR's language concerning spiritual warfare . </P> <P> National Public Radio brought the discussion about the political influence of the NAR to a national audience with a 2011 article . Lou Engle and Don Finto, who are considered to be leaders within the NAR, participated in a prayer event called "The Response," hosted by 2012 presidential nominee Rick Perry, on August 6, 2011, in Houston, Texas . This event is cited as a sign of the influence of NAR beliefs on Rick Perry's political viewpoints . Other politicians that have been cited as supposedly having connections to the NAR are Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Sam Brownback, and Ted Cruz . </P>

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