Islamofascism: The word that launders war crimes, from Iran to Palestine

Islamofascism: The word that launders war crimes, from Iran to Palestine Submitted by Faisal Hanif on Wed, 04/08/2026 - 20:24 A term forged in the fever swamps of post-9/11 neoconservatism is being picked up again now to justify the latest western onslaught in the Middle East Smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on 5 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) On The carefully collapsed term “Islamofascism” is having its moment. Its use across the western mainstream media and blogosphere - including UK , US , Canada , Australia , New Zealand, Israel and Europe - increased in frequency by 33 percent in 2025 over the previous year, according to my own tracking. It is appearing in the Jerusalem Post , in neoconservative journals , and in western tabloids keen to frame the illegal war on Iran as a necessary and noble conquest.