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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2007/02/07/islamofascism/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 22:04:56 -0400Islamofascism<![CDATA[A few short months ago the intellectuals were in a great snit over the use of “islamofascism” or “islamic fascism,” which many of them held to be a vulgar political ploy by Bushitler and other evil people like Rick Santorum. They were only displaying their own ignorance of the scholarly literature, in which “clerical fascism” has long been a legitimate category. I first encountered it in graduate school nearly 45 years ago, when those of us fortunate enough to participate in George L. Mosse’s seminar on fascism were required to read a collection of masterful essays in a short volume edited by Eugen Weber, called “Varieties of Fascism.” The clerical variety found its first incarnation in Romanian fascism, a horrific movement whose followers killed Jews with such brutal enthusiasm that even the Waffen-SS were impressed.]]>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:08:15 -0500<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2007/02/07/islamofascism-n185492