"There is no sense in which jihadists embrace fascist ideology as it was developed by Mussolini or anyone else who was associated with the term. . . . This is an epithet, a way of arousing strong emotion and tarnishing one’s opponent, but it doesn’t tell us anything about the content of their beliefs."
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, "Bush's language angers US Muslims", BBC, 12 August 2006. Quoted in "Islamofascism" at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR).
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