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"Islamofascism" is a term drawing an analogical comparison between the ideologies of fascism and Islamism or Islamic fundamentalism,[1][2][3] which advocates authoritarianism and violent extremism to establish an Islamic government, in addition to promoting offensive Jihad.[3] For example, Qutbism has been characterized as an Islamofascist and Islamic terrorist ideology.[3]
First coined as "Islamic fascism" in 1933, the term and related ones were used to describe as diverse phenomenon as the Pakistan independence movement,[4] Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab nationalism in Egypt,[5] religious appeals used by Arab dictatorships to stay in power,[6][7] and the Young Egypt Party (a fascist era-group inspired by Italian fascism).[8] The term was popularized in the 1990s to refer to violent Islamist movements such as those of Ruhollah Khomeini and Osama bin Laden, and "reached its apogee" following the September 11 attacks,[9] but by 2018 it had "largely" disappeared from use, at least among policymakers.[9]
The term has been criticized for allegedly besmirching the Islamic religion by associating it with a violent ideology (i.e. being used as a name for Islam),[10][11] and defended as a way of distinguishing traditional Islam from Islamic extremist violence (i.e. being used as a name for Islamism, a variety of Islam).[12] In April 2008, the Extremist Messaging Branch of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center issued an advisory to branches of the U.S. federal government to avoid using the term because it was "considered offensive by many Muslims" that the U.S. government was trying to reach.[13]
- ^ Zuckerman 2012, p. 353.
- ^ Falk 2008, p. 122.
- ^ a b c Eikmeier, Dale C. (Spring 2007). "Qutbism: An Ideology of Islamic-Fascism" (PDF). The U.S. Army War College Quarterly: Parameters. 37 (1). Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Army War College Foundation Press: 84–97. doi:10.55540/0031-1723.2340. ISSN 0031-1723. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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