American Taliban

American Taliban is a pejorative neologism used to describe some Americans who are perceived to be 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

• Hindu Taliban

References

• The American Taliban (describes Christian fundamentalists as American Taliban)
• The Seeds of the American Taliban (describes Christian fundamentalists as American Taliban)
• The American Taliban (describes Bush administration as American Taliban)
• The American Taliban (Daniel Levitas on white supremacist terrorists in the US)

External links

• Quotes from the American Taliban
• Taking On The American Taliban