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'''Islamofascism''' is a term used by some [[Western]] commentators for a group of political ideas within [[Islam]]ic culture. The term is commonly applied to groups that promote [[theocracy]] and oppose [[Westernization]] and [[capitalism]], as opposed to moderate groups that see no contradiction between Islam and Western-style modernism.  

(contracted; show full)mofascism'' is often applied to semantically connect radical Islamic groups to the [[fascist]] ideology of the [[Nazi]]s, by emphasizing common features such as [[antisemitism]] and [[totalitarianism]], while ignoring or downplaying the differences between radical Islamic and Nazi ideology.  Associating one's current enemies rhetorically with hated enemies of the past is a common techique in [[propaganda]]. A similar recent example is the term [[feminazi]].

A more neutral alternative for 
the term ''Islamofascism'' is [[Islamism]]. Some writers also use [[Muslim fundamentalism]], popularized at the time of the [[Islamic Revolution]] in [[Iran]]; however, proponents of the use of the labels ''Islamism'' or ''Islamofascism'' argue that the label ''Muslim fundamentalism'' is historically and theologically inaccurate, and invites unjustified generalizations about all [[fundamentalist]] religious movements.

== American conservative viewpoint on Islamism ==

Some U.S. conservatives see the conflict between the United States  and Islamism as a battle of "good against evil", mirroring the Islamist conception of their battle against U.S. influence as a similar battle of good against evil. They depict all Arab political viewpoints as one and the same, and regard them as morally equivalent to both Communism and Fascism.

They see a United States' victory over the forces of "Islamofascism" as the historically inevitable consequence of this battle for freedom and democracy.
Some conservative commentators call America's "struggle against Islamofascism" [[World War IV]], in the belief that this is America's fourth struggle against global evil.

They regard those who do not share their views as appeasing totalitarian evil, and characterize them as "the amoral liberal left".