Of course the MB allied itself with the Nazis. They were fighting for (what they saw as) their freedom from British occupation. When we did the same we allied ourselves with an absolutist monarchy, despite the fact we were fighting for republican ideals.
Where did you think Arab rebels would look for support? They looked to the enemies of their enemies, just as the Irish did.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of Islam or especially Islamists. But to try to say Islamism “is” fascism is I think a step too far. It’s certainly been influenced by it, as unfortunately has our own society. The most important roots of Islamism go far into their own history and culture. The various European ideological features are sort of tacked on for decoration.
Depending of course on your definition of fascism.
I’ve seen similar “explanations” for Japanese militarism of the 30s and 40s, as if Japan didn’t have sufficient militarism in its own history to explain things.
Other cultures are able to come up with bad things without necessarily copying them from western civ.
Al-Banna was quite clear that his goal was not solely an anti-colonialist struggle in Egypt nor the refurbishment of Islam, but rather a world revolution that would establish Islam as the dominant religion of the entire world:
"we will not stop at this point [i.e., “freeing Egypt from secularism and modernity”], but will pursue this evil force to its own lands, invade its Western heartland, and struggle to overcome it until all the world shouts by the name of the Prophet and the teachings of Islam spread throughout the world. Only then will Muslims achieve their fundamental goal… and all religion will be exclusively for Allah." Hassan al-Bannan-founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (Habeck, Knowing the enemy p. 120)
i'adat al Khalifa al Mafqudah (restoration of the lost Caliphate or, IOW, "world domination")- is the chief immediate political goal of the Islamist movement. http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-EastEncyclopedia/hassan_al-banna.htm