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Author Abdel-Samad, Hamed, 1972- author.

Title Islamic fascism / Hamed Abdel-Samad
Published Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Wanted Dead -- Chapter 1: An Odd Couple? Fascism and Islamism in Recent History -- Chapter 2: Reformists or Fascist Islamists? The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt -- Chapter 3: Islamic Fascism's Historic Roots from Abraham to Sayyid Qutb -- Chapter 4: From My Struggle (Mein Kampf) to Our Struggle-Arabia and Anti-Semitism -- Chapter 5: From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg-Cultural Monopoly and the Dictatorship of Islam -- Chapter 6: "Heil Osama!"-Failed States and Successful Terrorists -- Chapter 7: Pornotopia-Jihad and the Promise of Paradise -- Chapter 8: Islamic Bombs and Shiite Fascism -- Chapter 9: Unbelievers on the March-Meet Five Atheists from the Islamic World -- Chapter 10: Salafists, Jihadists, and Islamic Fascism in Europe -- Chapter 11: Polarization and Social Cleansing-What Thilo Sarrazin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Have in Common -- Chapter 12: Mapping the Terrain of Terror-Islamism, Islam, and the Islamic State -- Chapter 13: Charlie Hebdo and Islam's Outrage Industry -- Afterword: Islamism and the Endgame -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary "This polemic against Islamic extremism highlights the striking parallels between contemporary Islamism and the 20th-century fascism embodied by Hitler and Mussolini. Like those infamous ideologies, Islamism today touts imperialist dreams of world domination, belief in its inherent superiority, contempt for the rest of humanity, and often a murderous agenda. The author, born and raised in Egypt and now living in Germany, not only explains the historical connections between early 20th-century fascist movements in Europe and extremist factions in Islam, but he also traces the fascist tendencies in mainstream Islam that have existed throughout its history. Examining key individuals and episodes from centuries past, the book shows the influence of Islam's earliest exploits on current politics in the Islamic world. The author's incisive analysis exposes the fascist underpinnings of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Shia regime in Iran, ISIS, Salafi and Jihadist ideologies, and more. Forcefully argued and well-researched, this book grew out of a lecture on Islamic fascism that the author gave in Cairo, resulting in a call for his death by three prominent Egyptian clerics"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index
Notes Translated from German
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Subject Fascism -- Arab countries
National socialism and Islam.
Political culture -- Arab countries
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Fascism
National socialism and Islam
Political culture
Arab countries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020739760
ISBN 9781633881259
1633881253
Other Titles Islamische Faschismus. English