Islamofascist vs Seriat (Discussion / Tartisma)

After September 11 and Iraq war, newspapers and columnist started to use new words which never have been used before like “Islamofascist” and “Islamikaze” in order to define new problems we face today. Even there is different spelling from people to people, some says Islamofasist and some says Islamofascist. These words do not exist in the dictionary. I did some searches at the dictionary web sites and could not find them. If you see one please let me know.

Can we use words that do not exist in the dictionary? The answer is obviously yes if it makes common sense to reader. Islamofascist is combination of Islam and fascism but what does it mean? Islam is obvious; on the other hand do we really know what Fascism is? Here is couple definition; first one is from http://www.wikipedia.org/ “Fascism was typified by attempts to impose state control over all aspects of life.” Another definition from http://www.jiddscasey.com/ and it is “political philosophy grounded in a fiercely nationalist mythology and the state-supported dominance of capitalist and agricultural interests over labor interests.”

After this information, the word makes sense to ordinary people. Islamofascist is a person who tries to make Islam as a dominant unique force of every aspect of life and State like in Iran and Saudi Arabia. But the question is “Do we really need this word to define these people?” It is maybe necessary for the western people, who do not know about Islam, but there is already a word for it and it is "Seriat". They are trying to define Seriat but they do not know it so created the word “Islamofascist”.

From this discussion, I can conclude that West do not know Islam enough and that’s why most of the people scared of Islam very easily. Also, this fear is fed by media too.

11 Eylul ve Irak savasindan sonra, gazate ve dergilerdeki kose yazilarinda mevcut sorunlari tanimlamak icin daha onceden gormedigimiz kelimelere rastlamaya basladik. Bunlardan en ilgicleri “Islamofasist” ve “Islamikaze” kelimeleri. Hatta bu kelimeleri herkes degisik bicimde yaziyor. Kimisi Islamofasist, kimisi ise Islamofascist olarak yaziyor. Bu kelimeler hic bir sozlukte mevcut degil. En azindan ben yaptigim aramalarda rastlayamadim, eger bulursaniz lutfen bana da gosterin.

Sozluklerde bile olmayan bu kelimeri kullanabilir miyiz? Eger okuyan kisi ne demek istedigimizi tam olarak anliyorsa bence herhangi bir sorun yok. Islamofascist kelimesi Islam ve Fasist kelimelerinin birlesmesinden meydana geliyor. Hepimiz Islam kelimesinin anlamini biliyoruz ancak Fasist’in ne demek oldugunu biraz acmak lazim. http://www.wikipedia.org/ sitesinde, gunluk hayatin her yonuyle devlet tarafindan control edilmesi olarak aciklaniyor. http://www.jiddscassey.com/ sitesinde ise kati milliyetcilik duygulari dogrultusunda devletin kapitalist ve zirai sistem cikarlarini isci sinifinin cikarlari ustunde tutulmasi seklinde aciklanmis.

Bu aciklamalardan sonra, “Islamofacist” kelimesi daha anlam kazaniyor. Islamofacist, Islam’i hayatin her yonuyle Devlet tarafindan gerekirse zor kullanilarak uygulamasini isteyen kisi olarak tanimliyor. Buna ornek olarak Iran ve Suudi Arabistan verilebilir. Fakat asil soru, gercekten bu tur yeni kelimelere ihtiyacimiz var mi? Bu tur kelimeler belki Islami bilmeyen batili kisiler icin gerekli ama bu tanima uyan kelime zaten mevcut. Kullanilmasi gereken asil kelime Seriat veya Seriatci. Fakat batililar Seriat’i tam olarak bilmedikleri icin bu tur kelimeleri yaratiyorlar.

Bu tartismadan benim cikardigim sonuc, bati medeniyetlerinin Islam’i yeterince tanimadigi ve bu yuzden de Islam’dan gereksiz yere korkdugu yonunde. Ayrica bati medyasida bu korkuyu yayinlari ile pompalamaya devam ediyor.

Cenk SUMBAS