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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:25 AM
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'Islamo-Fascists' (part 2)
This is an obvious false pairing of these two words.
While the term was designed to strike up emotions it has nothing to do with logic.

Fundamentalist Islam advocates the merger of religious interests and State, therefore the accurate term would be 'Islamo-Theocrats'.

Fascism advocates the merger of corporate interests and State, therefore the term 'Islamo-Fascist' is nonsensical.
In fact, is 'Islamo' even a word at all?
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:48 AM
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1. No, it is Islam and Islamic
what is interesting is that in Islam, usury, the charging of interest on loans, is forbidden. That is why I laugh when I think of "Islamic fascists"--how could big business exist without usury?
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 12:08 PM
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2. I like your suggestion of islamo-theocracy.


my other favorite phrase is jihadists.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 12:33 PM
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3. I welcome the phrase
it's a sure sign that the person using it is an idiot.
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