We turn next to the relationship between the Nazi regime and the Islamist terror groups which share its militarism and its anti-Semitism. We distinguish the Islamist terrorists from the specifically fascist and neo-Nazi successors to the Third Reich which will be addressed in the next chapter.
Interestingly, while Hitler ranted against Judaism and Christianity, he contrasted the [Judeo-Christian] theological doctrines devoid of any depth with those of...Mohamed [which provided spiritual] sustenance of a much different value (Angebert:246).
Islamist terrorism has become an issue of great interest since the attacks of September 11th, 2001, against the United States. Interestingly, the leaders of the nineteen terrorists, including ringleader Mohamed Atta, have been reported to be homosexuals.
Gay journalist Rex Wockner, quoting what he described as the sensationalistic-yet-often-accurate National Enquirer reported that Attas gay lover for the past two years was his right-hand man, Abdulaziz Alomari, who was with Atta when he crashed the plane into the North Tower....Atta and other terrorists believed that women are for procreation only and men are for recreation (Wockner Wire,
gay.com Daily, November 9, 2001).
Uncharacteristically, the left-leaning Newsweek magazine scooped the Enquirer with a piece about the Enquirer story before it was released: gay strategist Michelangelo Signorile produced an editorial which, while not denying the truth of the Enquirer claims, dismissed them as irrelevant to the evil behavior of the terrorists.