Define this

Daniel Benjamin, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, examines the term “Islamo-fascism“:

“There is no sense in which jihadists embrace fascist ideology as it was developed by Mussolini or anyone else who was associated with the term,” he said.

“This is an epithet, a way of arousing strong emotion and tarnishing one’s opponent, but it doesn’t tell us anything about the content of their beliefs.

“The people who are trying to kill us, Sunni jihadist terrorists, are a very, very different breed.”

5 Responses to “Define this”


  1. 1 Bernadotte

    The people who are trying to kill us, Sunni jihadist terrorists…

    More of the same racist lies dressed up in a different costume.
    Ho hum.

    Daniel Benjamin never wrote a word about the explosives-tainted activities of the Mossad’s Urban Moving Systems on 911.

    Who is trying to kill us?

  2. 2 orang

    The term was created by some syphilitic yet literary c*nt like Mark Steyn. It has caught on even with The Idiot….you know the Moron, the person who represents the f*kin United States!!! For fucks sake!

    It is an unbelievable insult to the Muslim religion - think of …..Christianofascists? JudeoNazis? What the fuck is this eh? For some racist prick to come out with this and all the Right wing sick fuck Xenophobic midgets to love it is one thing, but the “leader of the free world”?????? He is lower than dog shit and the presidential office has no dignity left.

    Quite right Bernadette, this worm is a maggot who seduces us with “reason” then slimes us with “the message”. Fuck him - he’s just a maggot.

  3. 3 Addamo_01

    Actually I think it was Hitchens who first coined the phrase, which has been used by him and his ilk to mask their biggotry and rascism.

  4. 4 Addamo_01

    The right winiger bloggers and media are certainyl going ape shit over the release f Jack Thomas aren’t the? Talk abtou completely losing their marbles!!

    Even with his confession made non admissable, the jury found the evidence against him completely lacking, so let him go free.

    For the right wing fascists however, this is a travesty because his confession (admittedbly coaxed out fo him by threats, toture and strong incentives) is al lthe evidence we need.

    http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1726434.htm

    Welcome to the brave new world of Howard’s Australia, where evidence is just a distration that get’s int he way ofconfirming the guilt of anyone we decide is going to be guilty.

  5. 5 Ian

    I have a theory, based on nothing at all, that Philip Ruddock is really Usama bin Laden. I want Ruddock/bin Laden extraordinarily rendered to the same torturers humane Pakistani/CIA contracted inquisitors who had the quiet chat with Thomas over tea and bickies to settle my doubts.

    I mean if the bloke isn’t bin Laden then no harm done, right? OTOH, if he starts singing like a canary after 10 seconds of water-boarding - thats like water skiing, isn’t it - then we’ll have solved one of the decades greatest mysteries. And just to prove my motives are pure, I promise not to claim the reward money!

    What do you say Mr Ruddock??

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