Islamism is Not Islam

Interesting article by Francis Fukayama on the roots of radical Islam:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110002251

I disagree with his take on traditional Muslim culture and his notion that there is something creative about the destruction of Fascism, but he makes clear that Bin Laden and "Islamism" have very definite Fascist and Marxist roots. It is not an orthodox Muslim movement. It is Lenin in a dishdash, Hitler in a chador. It is the same adversary the liberal West has faced over the past century in Germany, Russia, and China; and predictable, although not inevitable, at a certain point in a country's development.

Hang onto your hats, folks. History is not over after all.