Reflections of a stormy petrel

Speaking personally, the difficulty I have with the term is that I'm not sure it accurately represents the problem. While there are historical sympathies between fascist and Islamic leaders, fascism is a development of the modern era. The problems within Islam generally predate that, though perhaps one could make an argument that modern movements such as e.g. Qutbism are essentially fascist in character. (But I would like to see that argument made if so.)