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This article is a list of pejorative political slogans. 

== Islamofascism ==

Some people think that the term "Islamofascism" is used as a one-word slogan implying that Islam or Islamic culture has much in common with Fascism. But this is not correct. The term ''Islamofascists'' refers solely to those who claim to be Muslims but are considered by their opponents as [[fascism|fascists]] with Islamic background. Nevertheless several Muslims find the term insulting, as it suggests a link between Islam and Fascism.

The term is especially applied to Muslim groups (like [[GIA]], [[Hamas]], [[Abu Sayaf]], [[Al Qaida]], [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]], [[Hezbollah]]) that promote [[theocracy]] and oppose [[democracy]], in distinction to Muslims who see no contradiction between Islam and Western-style modernism.

Some writers use the term "Islamofascism" specifically to refer to [[Wahhabism]] and similar movements in Sunni Islam, while others use it to refer to all highly politicized strains of Islam, including Shiite fundamentalism as practised in Iran. However, Islamofascism is not a widely accepted term due to its imprecise, "loaded", propaganda-minded nature. A more common and less loaded term for these politicized strains of Islam, which seek to replace secular governments in Muslim countries with Islamic law, is [[Islamist]].

== Judeofascism and Zionazism ==

''Judeofascism'' and ''Zionazism'' are terms used by advocates of the view that aspects of [[Judaism]], [[Zionism]] or Israeli government policy are fascist or similar to behavior thought typical of Nazis. Sometimes the target of the terms is a philosophy that only Jews should have political rights in Israel, or that Israel should be governed by the principles of Jewish law rather than Western democratic principles.  Much more commonly, the terms are used by opponents of Israeli behavior towards the Palestinians.  In most cases, the user of the terms intends them to be offensive for the rhetorical effect this creates.

Also see [[Godwin's law]].

==Tory and Whig==

Originally a Tory was a supporter of [[James II]] of [[England]], the king who was ousted when he tried to reintroduce Roman Catholicism into England.   The name was given them by their opponents, the Whigs; the supporters of [[William and Mary]].   Tory is derived from thwe Irish word, "toraidhe" meaning an outlaw or rebel, specifically a Roman Catholic who preyed on the Protestant Settlers.   The name stuck to the conservative side of British politics even beyond the formation of the British Conservative Party in [[1830]].
Tory was also used in USA to describe the loyalists during the [[American Revolution]].

The term Whig was originally used to mean a Scottish Presbyterian, particularly a Covenanter in rebellion against the Crown.   The origin of the word is obscure but it may refer to a group of seventeenth century Scottish rebels whose attack on Edinburgh is called the Whiggamore Raid.    Alternatively "whigmaleerie" is an old Scottish word meaning a silly idea.

==Wowser==

A New Zealand term, almost obselete.  Originally it meant an Abolitionist, alcohol not slavery.  It also came to mean a killjoy, someone whose opposition to alcohol extended to all social jollity.

== External links ==

* [http://www.dki.antifa.net/inipa/islamofascism.html An Antifascist dissident in Berlin discusses: Is there such a thing as Islamofascism?]