Successive European and American governments share an atavistic fear of the “Islamic alternative” to Arab secular nationalists like Fatah, and so have defended the status quo. But repression of all Arab opposition movements by the region’s monarchs and secular dictators meant that “protection of the Mosque” became the only umbrella under which to engage politically.
欧洲国家以及美国的历届政府对取代类似法塔赫那样的阿拉伯世俗民族主义者的“伊斯兰替代品”怀有隔代遗传的恐惧，因此维护现状。但是，该地区的君主以及世俗独裁者们压制所有的阿拉伯反对派，这意味着“保卫清真寺”成为政治参与的唯一框架。