Islamofascism

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Islamofascism is a form of religious extremism in which the faith of Islam is abusively used as a cover for a totalitarian ideology.[1], especially fascism.

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It is generally synonymous with Islamic extremism, and has many similarities to Protestant fundamentalism.

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Links and other items having to do with Islam as an abusive force should probably be moved here; the Islam page is (ultimately) for items about the religion itself, according to its own written scripture and doctrines.

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It is not clear that there is any significant difference between Islamofascism and genuine Islamic fundamentalism, and so the latter term redirects here. Islamic doctrine, when interpreted literally and "fundamentally", would seem to be essentially fascistic in nature, in that:

it considers individual needs less important than unquestioning adherence
it seeks to promote unity of cultural and religious attributes

Hence "Islamic fundamentalism" is essentially a form of fascism. Discussion on the validity of equating these two terms is welcome, however.

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Islamofascism is an example of a puppet ideology.

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2008-02-16 /S/D/ Danish lawmakers refuse to apologize, cancel trip to Iran “A group of Danish lawmakers has canceled a trip to Iran because Tehran demanded they condemn the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in newspapers, a spokeswoman said Saturday.”
2007-11-29 /S/D/ 'Teddy bear' teacher gets 15-day prison term in Sudan “A Sudanese court found a British teacher guilty of insulting religion and sentenced her to 15 days in prison Thursday for allowing a teddy bear to be named "Mohammed," British authorities and her lawyer reported. ... Gibbons, 54, was arrested Sunday after she asked her class of 7-year-olds in Khartoum to name the stuffed animal as part of a school project...” In other words: a class of 7-year-olds picked the name, and the teacher got 15 days in prison for allowing it, because this was considered an insult to religion.
- If I were religion (assuming religion is somehow self-aware and capable of having its feelings hurt), I think I'd find the idea of someone else meting out punishment in my name to be insulting. Also, what about all the people named Mohammed? What punishment did their parents receive? Calling this a crime seems rather arbitrary, and more like the flexing of authoritarian muscles than any kind of genuine religious outrage (if there is such a thing). W.
- 2007-11-29 commentary
2006-09-11 /S/D/ Fascists Under the Bed by Patrick J. Buchanan: “Contrary to what Bush believes, the 9/11 killers and London and Madrid bombers were not out to repeal the Bill of Rights, if any ever read it. They are out to kill us and we have to get them first. ... If Mr. Bush does not want a war of civilizations, he will drop these propaganda terms that are designed to inflame passions rather than inform the public of the nature of the war we are in.”
- 2007-12-29 commentary
2006-02-04 /S/D/ Best. Fark. Headline. Ever. "Muslims offended by caricatures proceed to act them out": “In other news, it appears that despite the idiot Jack Straw's cretinous condemnation of newspapers' poking fun at superstitious lunacy, and the craven cowardice of the entirety of the British press in refraining from publishing the cartoons which have some 1.2 billion idiots going off their heads - cowardice dressed up as "respect" for Muslims - our own resident practitioners of the Religion of Peace aren't about to miss out on a golden opportunity to exercise the peaceful inclinations for which their religion is so renowned...” Includes pictures of Islamic protesters brandishing signs full of death threats and warnings of 9/11 and 7/7 repeats.