Disclaimer: As a matter of policy, IDI does not use the terms “Islamism” or “Islamist,” as explained in “The House of Islam: The Case Against the Islam/Islamism Divide,” the inaugural issue of The Ideological Defense Institute Journal. The review uses the author’s terms when necessary, adhering to the distinction the book makes between Islamism/Islam and Muslim/Islamist.
The term “Red and Black Reaction,” which we Iranian monarchists use to refer to the convergence of Marxist and Islamist movements in opposition to the Pahlavi monarchy, which devastated Iran through the disastrous 1979 Revolution, is an unexaggerated account of a historical experience that makes the book *When Marx Meets Islam* all the more significant.
In light of this article, I believe reading this book is important because it seeks to examine the intellectual and political roots of the alliance between parts of the radical left and Islamism—a convergence in which shared opposition to the West or the existing political order can push deep ideological differences and fundamental conflicts over individual freedom, women’s rights, and secularism to the margins.
The article also raises a fundamental question about the criteria for political judgment: should movements be judged solely by their enemies, or should their goals, values, and the potential consequences of their rise to power also be taken into account?
The experience of the disastrous 1979 Revolution and the regime’s repression of the Islamic Republic’s former allies demonstrates that an alliance to overthrow a political order offers no guarantee of agreement on the order that will replace it. The significance of this discussion therefore extends beyond criticism of a political alliance; it is a warning about the consequences of disregarding the ideological nature of authoritarian movements and sacrificing the principles of freedom for the sake of a common enemy.
Temporary allies of convenience. It's a case of each using the other to attain their goals. It's a case of which side will betray the other as and when they deem it in their interests to do so?
My guess would be on Islam, it's a hoary and accomplished old monster, with great experience and ability in deception, betrayal and other "virtues", when advancing Lesser Jihad. The "crazies" on the Left are the useful idiots in this as in all other instances.
This work is a big step forward : identifying the thinkers , motivators and agents behind the enemy attacks on the west . China , Russia and Iran and their useful western idiots , pushing the poisonous works of Marx , Gramsci , Marcuse and Fanon . We need to restore the champions of Christianity , Capitalism and Democracy to defeat the enemy .
KARL MARX IS EVIL COMMUNIST MARXIST JEWISH GUY HE WAS ALWAYS BE ALLIANCE WITH EVIL ISLAM AND EVIL ISLAMIC RACES AGAINST CHRISTIANITY AND ALL WHITE CHRISTIAN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN RACES. BECAUSE OF THIS I NEVER TRUST JEWS ALOT.
The term “Red and Black Reaction,” which we Iranian monarchists use to refer to the convergence of Marxist and Islamist movements in opposition to the Pahlavi monarchy, which devastated Iran through the disastrous 1979 Revolution, is an unexaggerated account of a historical experience that makes the book *When Marx Meets Islam* all the more significant.
In light of this article, I believe reading this book is important because it seeks to examine the intellectual and political roots of the alliance between parts of the radical left and Islamism—a convergence in which shared opposition to the West or the existing political order can push deep ideological differences and fundamental conflicts over individual freedom, women’s rights, and secularism to the margins.
The article also raises a fundamental question about the criteria for political judgment: should movements be judged solely by their enemies, or should their goals, values, and the potential consequences of their rise to power also be taken into account?
The experience of the disastrous 1979 Revolution and the regime’s repression of the Islamic Republic’s former allies demonstrates that an alliance to overthrow a political order offers no guarantee of agreement on the order that will replace it. The significance of this discussion therefore extends beyond criticism of a political alliance; it is a warning about the consequences of disregarding the ideological nature of authoritarian movements and sacrificing the principles of freedom for the sake of a common enemy.
Temporary allies of convenience. It's a case of each using the other to attain their goals. It's a case of which side will betray the other as and when they deem it in their interests to do so?
My guess would be on Islam, it's a hoary and accomplished old monster, with great experience and ability in deception, betrayal and other "virtues", when advancing Lesser Jihad. The "crazies" on the Left are the useful idiots in this as in all other instances.
This work is a big step forward : identifying the thinkers , motivators and agents behind the enemy attacks on the west . China , Russia and Iran and their useful western idiots , pushing the poisonous works of Marx , Gramsci , Marcuse and Fanon . We need to restore the champions of Christianity , Capitalism and Democracy to defeat the enemy .
KARL MARX IS EVIL COMMUNIST MARXIST JEWISH GUY HE WAS ALWAYS BE ALLIANCE WITH EVIL ISLAM AND EVIL ISLAMIC RACES AGAINST CHRISTIANITY AND ALL WHITE CHRISTIAN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN RACES. BECAUSE OF THIS I NEVER TRUST JEWS ALOT.
https://substack.com/@robertmoisescu/note/c-362727836?r=7a02yu