To oceana

what do you think about the syrian secular Dictatorship that align itself with Iran?

I doubt if those conflating Islamist with Islamophobia believe their own spins.
If that’s really the case, then their logic would have the term, fundamentalist Christianity, synonymous with Christian and Christ bashing.

Surely, they’re aware of the Islamist tendencies that entail the stoning of
women and Sharia decrees of death to dissidents from the US’s closest Gulf
allies. Not that those actions represent Islam per se, but a reactionary form of
the faith like Christian fundamentalism. 

I would think the same who try to frame the term, Islamist, with Islamophobia
are also quick to conflate concerns of Zionism with anti-Semitism.  They’re very
similar and disingenuous framings designed to distract from events like the
leveling of Gaza or denying Palestinians the most basic of medical and food
necessities. 

To call the ilk in Libya, who immediately reinstated polygamy after Ghaddafi’s
downfall and who also tortured and killed en masse Africans,  Muslims or
followers of Islam is the very worst kind of Islamophobia.

Islamic jihadists claim they set Nevada forest fires

Out of hatred for the Jews, of course. The claim is dubious, but revealing in many ways.

Note: Masadat Al-Mujahidin is known to be linked to Muslim Brotherhood in various parts of the globe.  “Normal registration (to the site) has been closed. New members are now only accepted by invitation of existing members.”

GoyToy:

Good call.  Never forget that words matter, and that propaganda is always nearby.  “Islamists” is the way liberals deal euphemistically with the term “Islamophobes.”  (If you get my meaning…)

The Muslim Brotherhood, which won 47% of the vote, is mostly centrist, with left and right wings.  Thankfully, the right wing of the party is aging, and not much supported by the youth who made up much of the movement; they are more left in their thinking, and are likely to move the party in that direction.

The Salafists, who won 25% of the vote, believe in shariah law, but are (perhaps, ironically) politically centrist, with a slightly rightward bent.

In all, it is likely that the MB will compromise to some degree on permitting some (but not all) parts of shariah law, while in return the Salafists will allow the MB to determine most political and economic policy.

Still, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out…

P.S.  Of course this fear tends to make them abnormally vicious and uncompromising. It appears that in order to bring about lasting change, one of the first things that must be done is to reduce the fear level somehow. This may appear, sooner or later, as tactical problem number one for those working toward reform.

The significant point here is to notice how fearful all these sources of authoritarian power are when faced with criticism and objection.  You can judge the degree of fear by the severity and extent of their attempts to “squelch” and “defeat"and “punish”
popular movements toward freedom of speech, of assembly, and for the right to participate in their own lives as citizens, not just puppets.  As we can clearly see, it doesn’t much matter who the authoritarians are—whether religious or politically ideological and/or economically repressive.

What/who are “Islamists.” My understanding is the religion is called Islam and its followers Muslims. That being the case, I ask: who/what are Islamists???

What accounts for the military coup and Islamist favoritism with the voting results? 
Are we supposed to believe this is the expressed will of the Egyptians? 

Contrary to the Guardian’s description, the Egyptian Spring of last year was far
more than a youth movement, non-representative of the majority.