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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.  

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== 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.
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Similarly, they see the United States' actions as motivated entirely by self-defence, combined with a desire to bring freedom and democracy to the world. 


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".