"hatred toward Jews"
Not all fascists hate/hated Jews. Nazis did, but they weren't the totality of fascists.
"adherence to The Will To Power"
According to Nietzsche, every organism possessed this, and the will to live was secondary to it. I'd be very surprised if any Muslim expressed anything close to this. For them, everything derives from the Koran. A Nietzchean will to power derives from the person himself. It has nothing to do with serving Allah.
"reported similarities between Mein Kampf and Muslim literature"
Don't know of any. Wouldn't surprise me if there was some, I am sure that Hitler is held in a positive light by some because of his policies towards the Jews.
"indoctrination of the impoverished, scapegoatism, reliance on young adults to "spread" the message ..."
This describes so many movements that picking fascism out and leaving behind the rest is pretty artificial.
"I think "fascist" is a good way to describe Islamic fundamentalism. What do you think?"
I don't think it is a good way to describe it. It ignores all the elements that define fascism as a movement, and only concentrates on some of the ancillary details. The concept of an unquestioned Leader, the extreme nationalism, the incorporation of companies into the state apparatus, putting people in positions based on their loyalty instead of ability, the focus on a bigger and better military, and in fact all the elements that makes fascism recognizable as fascism as opposed to say, democracy, are missing from Islamic fundamentalism.
Which is not to say that Islamic fundamentalism is a good thing. It isn't. It has all kinds of aspects that make it pretty undesirable for anyone who likes living in a modern society. But conflating it with fascism of all things means you have to twist the meaning of fascism to the point that it isn't recognizable any more. And that is a dangerous thing to do. |
