At the same time, however, we also find instances of collaboration and cooperation with colonial powers. In the 1950s, Khomeini, who famously denounced the United States as the "great Satan," took part in CIA-orchestrated demonstrations against Mohammed Mossadegh; his mentor developed close relations with and took large sums of money from the CIA. When the United States sent troops to Lebanon in 1958, and Britain to Jordan, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood joined in on the US/British side to help crush the nationalist uprising in both countries. In short, Islamist groups are often self-serving entities rather than principled anti-imperialists.

XREF: Challenges the common assumption that Islamist movements are uniformly and principledly anti-imperialist, complicating the narrative of these groups as consistent resistance forces.

Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politi…, loc. 370