The globalization of Nazi Mindset: How Muslims are perceived in the 21st Century

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By Abid Ullah Jan | January 16, 2008

Exactly four years ago, I came to the conclusion that Muslims are fast becoming 21^st Century Jews. The initial thoughts were published in an article on January 7, 2004. The argument was backed up by an attempt to monitor the status of Muslims and attacks on Islam as a religion from around the world. It has been observed that the perception of Muslims as terrorist and extremists kept consolidating with the passage of time.

In 2006, the theme was expanded and turned it into a chapter in After Fascism. Two words are enough to sum up my feelings after closely monitoring the theme for four years: hopeless and dejected. And this is so because 21^st Century Muslims are now being treated worse than Jews under the Nazi rule in the 20^th century.

Some might call this conclusion an exaggeration. In fact, such thinking itself is naivety and one of the root causes of the unfolding tragedy before our eyes. The main reason for our taking 21^st Century fascism for granted is the misperception about Muslims. The actions and inactions of Muslims themselves have further led to the globalization of hatred against them, development of an anti-Islam mindset, racism and above all an international holocaust that was mostly local in the early 20^th century Germany. The world is silently witnessing a replay of the Nazi crimes on a global scale, occurring during a relatively larger time frame under “legal” justifications and professional cover-ups.

The result is that nearly 6-8 million Muslims have been butchered in the decades since the Jewish holocaust - The frequency of genocides has increased over the last two decades - but there is not even a whimper, let alone a standing-up to the modern day fascism and erecting of Muslim holocaust memorials or establishing of museums. May be these are actions that come with realization of guilt after the fact. On the other hand, in the case of Muslims, they are still passing through the age of holocaust. The misperceptions about Muslims are getting even stronger by the day and more and more people are crossing the line into accepting Muslim concentration camps and other inhuman treatments. And Muslim are, by and large, either silent by choice out of fear or by design and ignorance.

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