American Taliban

American Taliban is a pejorative neologism used to describe some American fundamentalists by their opponents. The term was coined in 2001 shortly after the American overthrow of the brutally repressive Afghan Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in order to draw parallels between that regime and what was claimed to be its politically-rising American equivalent. The term seeks to draw comparisons between the fundamentalists and the Afghan Taliban, its culture of fear, and its attitudes towards progressive social policy, including the rights of people of other races and religions, of women, and of people with different sexual orientations.

The term has been referred to in "The God Delusion", by Richard Dawkins, who argues that the "American Taliban" is well ingrained into American politics and influences political decisions.

See also

John Walker Lindh, an American citizen fighting for the Taliban during the 2001 American invasion of Afganistan who has also been referred to as the American Taliban, although other non-white Americans were found to be supporters of the Taliban during the aforementioned conflict.

References

* [http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1210-07.htm The American Taliban] (describes Christian fundamentalists as American Taliban)
* [http://www.counterbias.com/181.html The Seeds of the American Taliban] (describes Christian fundamentalists as American Taliban)
* [http://www.perrspectives.com/features/Taliban.htm The American Taliban] (describes Bush administration as American Taliban)
* [http://www.alternet.org/story/17637 The American Taliban] (Daniel Levitas on white supremacist terrorists in the US)

External links

* [http://adultthought.ucsd.edu/Culture_War/The_American_Taliban.html Quotes from the American Taliban]
* [http://www.crisispapers.org/essays-w/taliban.htm Taking On The American Taliban]