The tag 'Islamist' is associated with 183 posts.

First Test of Egyptian Voting Power Sees Muslim Brotherhood Triumph over Youth Movement Leaders

COMMENT: In the first elec­toral con­tests fol­low­ing the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the highly orga­nized Mus­lim Broth­er­hood has suc­cess­fully shep­herded into being con­sti­tu­tional  changes that were opposed by the young lead­ers of the youth move­ment.
In my edi­to­r­ial obser­va­tions on the Piggy-Back Coup, I quoted for­mer Speaker of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives John McCor­mack (D-MA), who [...]

Democracy, Muslim Brotherhood Style

COMMENT: Much has been said recently about the Mus­lim Brotherhood’s com­mit­ment to democ­racy in Egypt–this fol­low­ing the recent over­throw of Mubarak.
The valid­ity of these claims can only be weighed against the organization’s track record–the future has yet to be writ­ten.
Some mea­sure of crit­i­cal assess­ment can be gleaned from watch­ing the treat­ment accorded by Hamas soldiers [...]

FTR #719 Interview with Philippe Karsenty about the Mohammed al-Dura Incident

Pales­tin­ian “Big Lie” exposed. Alleged “mar­tyr” Mohammed al-Dura could not have been killed by Israeli fire; he may not have been killed at all. French and world media cling to, and per­pet­u­ate the “Big Lie” anyway.

Bush, Bin Laden Families Linked To Funding of Ground Zero Mosque

Com­ment: Con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Pamela Geller has researched the fund­ing appa­ra­tus behind the con­tro­ver­sial “Ground Zero Mosque” project in New York City–the build­ing of a Mosque and Islamic activ­i­ties cen­ter two blocks from the site of the World Trade Cen­ter.
It turns out that the fam­ily and milieu of Abdul­lah Alireza are involved with the insti­tu­tions working [...]

Muslim Gangs Dominate British Underworld

Com­ment: Under-reported is the pro­found con­nec­tion between Islamism and orga­nized crime. There is an entire chap­ter in “Dol­lars for Ter­ror” by Richard Labeviere titled “Islamist Deal-Making and Orga­nized Crime.” Our vis­its with Daniel Hop­sicker have high­lighted this link, to an extent.
In fact, much of the income derived by groups like Al-Qaeda, the Tal­iban and other [...]

Hamas: Darlings of the “Progressive Sector”

Com­ment: In the wake of the Gaza War of 2009–2010, Hamas has been lion­ized and ide­al­ized by much of the so-called “pro­gres­sive sec­tor” par­tic­u­larly in the United King­dom and Europe. Below is the char­ter of that orga­ni­za­tion, the Pales­tin­ian branch of the fas­cist Mus­lim Broth­er­hood. It is, sim­ply put, undi­luted Nazi ide­ol­ogy.
Hamas sol­diers salut­ing are [...]

Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story

Despite dec­la­ra­tions made by some in power, the war in Afghanistan is far from over — in fact, the tur­bu­lence is escalating.

FTR #674 The Next Generation Takes the Stage (Caution: Neo-Nazis at Work)

Neo-Nazis killing cops, secu­rity guards and abor­tion doc­tors; Has David Duke become the new James Audubon?; Pro­gres­sives and Islamists ally with Nazis; Inter­na­tional Nazis try to kill Evo Morales.

FTR #663 Badjacketing Obama, Part III

Mus­lim Broth­er­hood staffs “mod­er­ate” Mus­lim out­reach to Obama; GOP pre­dicts terrorism.

FTR #662 Reflections on Islamic Fascism and Media Self-Censorship

The pro­gram con­sists of the read­ing of an impor­tant arti­cle by Christo­pher Hitchens not­ing the chill­ing rip­ple effect of the Aya­tol­lah Khomeini’s fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

Anti-Fascist Archives

1984Looking Back from 1984 Int’l fascism as reaction to early 20th century socialist movements; U.S. industrial and financial support for Hitler. Read more »