I second the comments of Fred and David. Islam is a 6th century political ideology dressed up as a religion. It is a totalitarian ideology because it creates a state which has complete authority over all areas of life. Nothing is beyond its purview.
It is this “totalism” which gives Islam its affinity for modern totalitarian ideologies such as Naziism and Communism. Indeed, this affinity helped established the ties between the Muslim states of the Middle East and the Nazi and Soviet regimes. While it is true that “Islamofascism” stems from the work of “modern” Islamic extremists – if you define an “extremist” as someone who actually believes in his own religion – it is a case of like reaching out to like.
Imagine if Hitler had had the foresight to state in the foreword to “Mein Kampf” – which, by the way, means “My Struggle,” or, perhaps “My Jihad” – that God had told him to say all the insane and hateful things contained therein. Then perhaps Trey’s post would read like this:
“Your point about the NYT and sand in their ears from burying their head in it has merit. But I disagree about the problem being Naziism per se. In my job I work with some Nazi families and have found them to be good, moral people who love this country. There are many just like them.
“The problem from my perspective is from hateful people with fascist leanings who are also Nazis. *** Naziism in not our enemy, but many of our enemies are terrorists who are Nazis. That distinction helps clarify out position nad [sic] keeps us on the moral high ground I think.”
Sounds a little foolish, doesn’t it?
Ideas have consequences and bad ideas, even when held by otherwise good people, have bad consequences.
