The Islam-fascism equation derived from Likud-style Zionism among neoconservatives
Evidence
Until the 1970s, policy makers saw various state and non-state actors that mobilized Islam on the political stage as allies, but after the Iranian Revolution “bad” Islam and “bad” Muslims made an entrance. The development of the “Arab terrorist” and later the “Islamic terrorist” stock figure, a product largely of the neocon–Likud alliance, began in the late 1970s and continued through the 1980s. The confrontationist approach toward Islamists was not, however, adopted during the 1990s either by the Bush Sr. or Clinton administrations. During the 1990s, empire sought to craft itself through the lens of liberal hegemony. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 473 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Claims of unassimilability structure both Nazi ideology and contemporary Islamophobia — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 270; Neoconservatives and Israel pushed Islamism as the post-Soviet enemy; The Arab and Islamic terrorist archetype originated from the neocon-Likud alliance after 1979 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 473 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Neoconservatives and Israel pushed Islamism as the post-Soviet enemy
#expands(0.95) - The Arab and Islamic terrorist archetype originated from the neocon-Likud alliance after 1979
#corroborates(0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 473 - Neoconservatives paired with Israel’s Likud to frame the terrorist as an enemy of civilization
#corroborates(0.95) - Neocons partnered with Likud to frame the terrorist as a civilizational threat
#corroborates(0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 432 - Claims of unassimilability structure both Nazi ideology and contemporary Islamophobia
#qualifies(0.85) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 270