Bin Ladenism?
Jonah Goldberg proposes a new name for Islamic Fascism:
Personally, if I was deciding these things, I'd call it "Bin Ladenism." That would account for all the contradictions, provide a rhetorical space for Arabs and Muslims to condemn it (Muslim leaders aren't going to use the phrase "Islamic Fascism" and "Jihadism" has positive connotations). We used Marxism and Leninism pretty efficiently for a long time and Bin Laden's ideology is pretty well spelled out, why not do the same with him?
Something I'll think about. The downside, of course, is that the appeasement crowd focuses too much on Bin Laden already, and overstate his personal importance, and less on the ideology we are trying to focus on. Hard call.
(h/t: BlackFive)
