G. Bisvas and the definition of fascism

Submitted by Bader S (Saudi Arabia), Mar 12, 2006 at 05:27

The fact that, rightly or wrongly, Muslim Arabs snatched land, Christian Europeans snatched land, and Jewish Europeans snatched land indicates that the snatching of land is not solely an Islamic phenomena. The common criteria of land snatching throughout the ages are :
1) that the result was land snatched from people living on the land
2) that it was carried out by man
3) that justifications for land snatching can come from religious and/or political philosophy.

Fascism: As defined by webster dictionary
"a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"

Islam is not a political philosophy, nor is it a movement, nor a regime. It is a religion.
Islam does not exalt a nation or race above the individual, nor does it promote a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader. Therefore Islam measured against the true definition of Fascism is not fascist..

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