In his analysis of modern Islamic Jihadism, Laurent Murawiec writes, “Jihadis of all stripes in the modern age share the same highly toxicmix of messianism, revolution, and the cult of blood and violence. Modern jihad is the tapestry resulting from the weaving together of different warps and woofs: Pan-Islamism and Bolshevism, Nazi and fascist ideology and practices, and Gnostic-Manichean beliefs within Islam.” Commenting on Pan-Islamism, he rightly underscores the universal scope of the fanatic call to jihad. Like the Bolshevists, the Jihadists believe that any means can be justified to achieve their aim – namely, the Islamization of the world. As for Nazi and fascist ideology, Murawiec notes a similar glorification of force and power in the Jihadist movements. What he has in mind by “Gnostic-Manichean beliefs” is their view of the human condition as a war between absolute good (the Muslims) and absolute evil (the rest of humanity). As in the case of the Nazis, however, the reverse may be the case: although the rest of humanity may not fall into the category of absolute good, Islamic Jihadism certainly falls into the category of absolute evil.

One thing Murawiec all but leaves out of his otherwise insightful analysis is Jew hatred. “Jihad and Jew-hatred belong together,” Matthias Küntzel correctly observes.