puh lease , I can find quotes by Hitler claiming that being Christian is essential to being a good Nazi. and I can find where he claimed he was going to free the workers from 'interest slavery'
In practise however he tired to replace christianisty with a mystical paganism and he abolished collective bargaining and reintroduced serfdom for the peasantry.
Okay so you claim Gadaffi, Nasser, Bhutto, etc. were
all just mouthing platitudes, fine prove it.
in practise all those regimes are as secular as is possible in the mideast. NO religious police, equal rights for women, hell the sharia isnt even mandatory.. What ever they might say , in practice they are very far from being Islamic fundamentlists.
I guess Turkey doesn't exist in your world and should it magicly appear it has no Islamicists.
In any event the historical practice of Sharia has been vastly different throughout the ages. At times it has actually improved women's rights and had no "religious police".
as for the Christian Communist part, dude you are confusing socialism with communism. Communism requires atheism. anything less and you're just a misnamed socialist. Once again you have to look at what people DO rather than what they are LABELLED.
'Dude' you are confusing communism with Marxism (and varients). The term "communism" originated in 1841 when Goodwyn Barmby renamed egalitarianism which in turn was an offshoot of "socialisme". There are numerous examples of Christian communities with communal economics and none which followed every commandmant of Marx.
and my main point has not been refuted. AQ is 'just' a Wahabbi Islamic revivalist group. Deadly yes, but nothing new requiring a misnomer like Islamo-fascism. Which part of their ideology is fascist by the way ?
I'm not saying the damn term is an accurate moniker. I'm saying there is a
kernal of truth in the term (Islamicist groups used to run the gamut of economic policies, that is no longer the case, the Green Book school of terrorism is essentially dead). It began life as a
perjorative and most likely will die as the same.
As far as what part of their ideology are fascist? Well let me quote Mussolini's nutshell definition, "Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato." (Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State). Now do recall that AQ's longterm goal is a restoration of the Islamic Caliphite in one state which will enforce Sharia law and remove all unIslamic influences from the restored Caliphite (which will then go on to take over the world) - as an added bonus anyone within the Caliphite who blasphemes against Islam (by say critizing the Caliph) has a rather short life expectancy. I'm sure you can come back with your own definition of fascism, and I can reply with Franco, Salazar, or Gentile, but there never has been a good definition of fascism, even among self-proclaimed fascists. There is enough overlap in their ideals to give Islamofascist a kernal of truth and make it an effective pejorative.
Frankly I suggest you read some history before replying. You seem unable to grasp that labels are not dichotomious nor that departures from your preconceived notions were ridiciously common.
Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.