Friday, August 11, 2006

Islamic Fascist

An arugment against calling AQ and company Islamic Fascists.

Hmmm. I still think the term Islamic Fascists works better than Islamist. Perhaps it's simply the negative connotations with fascism, but it seems to me, Islamist refers to the ideology and not all Islamists necessarily believe in the use of terrorism. There is nothing, say, illegal about subscribing to Islamicism. In fact, historically, the Islamicist movement had a rather peaceful arm that got radicalized by the writings of Sayeed Qutb. To me, an Islamic Fascist is one who believes in using terror and lies (tenants of fascism) to further the Islamicist ideology.

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