{"id":5694,"date":"2010-06-07T11:02:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T15:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2010-06-07T11:02:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T15:02:39","slug":"the-leftistislamist-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2010\/06\/the-leftistislamist-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"The leftist\/Islamist alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Dennis Mitzner tries to explain the odd alliance between the hard-core left and Islamic jihadists (evident especially in Europe), despite the latter\u2019s attitude towards women, homosexuality, etc., etc.\u00a0 An excerpt:<\/p>\n

Since the left views Muslims as part of their struggle against Western hegemony, they are given a pass on their religiosity. Islam does not threaten the left in the same fashion as Judaism and Christianity. They look at Christians and Jews and see wealth; they look at Muslims and see poverty. It is common knowledge that the left is comprised of Marxists or Marxist-sympathizers, so viewing the world through a prism of one\u2019s economic status is perfectly logical. . . .<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is the Marxism that draws the political left to the Islamists and the usefulness of the political left that draws Islamists to the Marxists. However, there must be something deeper behind their collective fury. Maybe it\u2019s anti-Semitism or maybe it\u2019s something else.Clarity is what is needed in order to analyze their respective motives. Both the left and the Islamists see the two religions that produced the Western liberal order, Judaism and Christianity, as malicious influences on the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Pajamas Media \u00bb European Progressives, Islamists: More Alike Than We Think?<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis Mitzner tries to explain the odd alliance between the hard-core left and Islamic jihadists (evident especially in Europe), despite the latter\u2019s attitude towards women, homosexuality, etc., etc.\u00a0 An excerpt: Since the left views Muslims as part of their struggle against Western hegemony, they are given a pass on their religiosity. 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