David Myatt

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Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt after converting to Islam in 1998, with Salwar Kamiz ( Thawb ) and Takke ( Kufi ).

David Myatt (* 1950 or 1952), also known as David Wulstan Myatt or David William Myatt , is a British ex- neo-Nazi and ex- Islamist ; during his time as an Islamist he called himself Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt . Before his conversion to Islam in 1998, Myatt was the leader of the British National Socialist Movement (NSM) and was considered the ideological head behind Combat 18 (C18). He is considered an “example of the axis between right-wing extremists and Islamists ” and one of the most important figures on the British neo-Nazi scene since the 1970s. He is mostly associated with the occult wing of the neo-Nazi movement.

biography

Before Myatt's turn to National Socialism , his biography was rather unconventional: Myatt grew up as a child in East Africa and the Far East , according to his own account, his first memories come from the time in Tanganyika .

In search of the model behind the apparently coincidental world events, he spent a long time in the Middle East and East Asia , studying western religions such as Christianity and Islam and eastern religions such as Taoism and Buddhism ; He tried the monastery life in the Christian as well as the Buddhist form. At the age of 16 he came across National Socialism, especially from the perspective of Savitri Devi . Myatt's story is typical of the 1960s generation neo-Nazis.

In the 1970s, Myatt was an integral part of the British National Socialist scene. He justified National Socialism with reference to nature, since "the Aryan National Socialism essentially works in harmony with nature in order to bring about further evolutionary change". He was a long-time member of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) and Combat 18 (C18) groups; the British newspaper The Observer describes him as the "ideological heavyweight" of the latter. His pamphlet A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution (1997) is said to have inspired the British neo-Nazi David Copeland , who was convicted of three bombings in London in April 1999, including in the gay bar Admiral Duncan on Old Compton Street , in which three people died and 79 people were injured.

Myatt is said to have cooperated closely with the Order of Nine Angles (ONA), a neo-Nazi-oriented satanist order, and is said to be personally identical to its founder or temporary leader Anton Long as well as Stephen Brown, Algar Langton and Christos Beest, which he denies; he himself stated that Long was a long-time friend. Jeffrey Kaplan also believes that he is unlikely to lead the ONA. In addition, Myatt published esoteric articles under his own name in occult magazines such as The Lamp of Thoth in the 1980s , while Long already published writings for the ONA. Because of his alleged ONA activities, British anti-fascist Searchlight Magazine referred to him in the introduction to every report as a "cat strangler"; he himself denied such allegations and challenged anyone who spread them to a duel; he himself loves and respects animals.

His National Socialist career also includes imprisonment for his political activities. He was also the leader of the Reichsfolk organization and published the magazines The National Socialist , Das Reich and Future Reich . His essays have been republished and also distributed over the Internet.

In 1998 David Myatt converted to Islam and took the name Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt, but continued to write neo-Nazi texts, which can be found on the pages of Aryan Nations and White Revolution . After an exposé of Searchlight Magazine about Empire folk and the ONA in 1999 in which he was described as the most dangerous Nazi in Britain, he announced and Beest to go into hiding. As an Islamist, Myatt praised, defended and justified Osama bin Laden and suicide bombings , which he describes as "martyr operations", including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . Under the title Are Martyrdom Operations Lawful According to Quran and Sunnah? he wrote "one of the most detailed defenses of operations of martyrs in the English language"; the Hamas should this have used to justify their own activities. Myatt sees a connection between National Socialism and Islam, especially in the hostility to Jews of right-wing extremist and Islamist groups, and tries to strengthen it. However, "the seriousness of Myatt's conversion to Islam has been questioned and whether he is still a Muslim" has been questioned.

While Myatt's influence was "originally largely limited to a British audience", after his conversion it received greater attention in Arab countries, and his writings, which were "once considered too esoteric and intellectual", can now be found on popular neo-Nazi websites such as Stormfront , Aryan Nations and White Revolution. This also shows a growing interest in an alliance with Islamists on the part of the neo-Nazi scene (see also Islam fascism ).

In 2010, Myatt voiced his rejection of Islam from which he had moved away and returned to his own outlook, which he refers to as The Numinous Way and The Philosophy of The Numen .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Jacob Christiansen Senholt: The Sinister Tradition . Political Esotericism & the Convergence of Radical Islam, Satanism and National Socialism in the Order of the Nine Angles. University of Århus, Århus November 2009, p. 36 ( online at: interrogisticmethodologies.files.wordpress.com [PDF; accessed April 17, 2010]).
  2. a b c d e f g h i David Wulstan Myatt . In: Jeffrey Kaplan (Ed.): Encyclopedia of White Power. A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right . AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA 2000, pp. 216 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke : Black Sun . Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press, New York, London 2003, ISBN 0-8147-3155-4 , pp. 216 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ^ A b c Mark Weitzman: Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial: Permanent Elements of Global Right-Wing Extremism . In: Thomas Greven, Thomas Grumke (ed.): Globalized right-wing extremism? The extremist right in the era of globalization . 1st edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14514-2 , p. 61 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. a b c d e Mark Weitzman: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial: Permanent Elements of Global Right-Wing Extremism . In: Thomas Greven, Thomas Grumke (ed.): Globalized right-wing extremism? The extremist right in the era of globalization . 1st edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14514-2 , p. 63 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ Antony Barnett: Observer review: Homeland by Nick Ryan | From the Observer | The Observer. In: The Observer . February 9, 2003, accessed April 15, 2010 .
  7. Mark Weitzman: Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial: Permanent Elements of Global Right-Wing Extremism . In: Thomas Greven, Thomas Grumke (ed.): Globalized right-wing extremism? The extremist right in the era of globalization . 1st edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14514-2 , p. 61 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ^ Dozens injured in Soho nail bomb. Retrieved April 15, 2010 .
  9. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke : Black Sun . Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press, New York / London 2003, ISBN 0-8147-3155-4 , pp. 218 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  10. Kerry Bolton : The Numinous Cyclic Theory of David Myatt. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 30, 2009 ; accessed on January 26, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.davidmyatt.ws
  11. ^ JR Wright: The Order of Nine Angles in Historical, and Esoteric, Context. (PDF) 2009, archived from the original on July 21, 2011 ; accessed on January 26, 2010 (English).
  12. Diane Vera: Should Satanists care about the reputation of Satanism? 2005, accessed January 26, 2010 .
  13. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: Black Sun . Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press, New York / London 2003, ISBN 0-8147-3155-4 , pp. 342 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  14. ^ A b Elizabeth Selwyn: The Right Wing Left Hand Path. In: Black Flame Winter XXIV AS 1990, accessed on January 25, 2010 (English).
  15. a b c d e f g David Wulstan Myatt . In: Jeffrey Kaplan (Ed.): Encyclopedia of White Power. A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right . AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA 2000, pp. 217 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  16. PointyHat: Who Is Anton Long?  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 120 Year of Fayen [2009].@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.cosmicbeing.info  
  17. Even More About David Myatt and Anton Long ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cosmicbeing.info
  18. a b c d e f g h Mark Weitzman: Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial: Permanent Elements of Global Right-Wing Extremism . In: Thomas Greven, Thomas Grumke (ed.): Globalized right-wing extremism? The extremist right in the era of globalization . 1st edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14514-2 , p. 62 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  19. ^ A b J. R. Wright: David Myatt Biographical Information. The Life and Times of David Myatt. 2005, archived from the original on July 29, 2005 ; accessed on April 15, 2010 (English).
  20. ^ David Myatt: The Culture of ἀρετή ( Memento of April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
  21. The Promethean Peregrinations of David Myatt ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.davidmyatt.ws