Claudio Mutti Explained

Claudio Mutti (born May 24, 1946) is an Italian neofascist.^[1] In the 1960s, he was a member of Young Italy (the juvenile wing of the Italian Social Movement, which expelled him for extremism) and the euronationalist Jeune Europe movement.^[2] In 1980 he was arrested in connection with the Bologna massacre, alongside fellow neofascist ideologues Paolo Signorelli and Aldo Semerari.^{[3] [4]} He converted to Islam in the 1980s, having become influenced by Julius Evola, René Guénon, and Muammar Gaddafi.^[5] He met with Aleksandr Dugin in 1990.^[6] Mark Sedgwick describes him as an important figure in late twentieth-century Traditionalist networks in Europe.

Notes and References

1. Book: Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity. July 17, 2003. NYU Press. 9780814731550 . Google Books.
2. Book: Laruelle, Marlene. Eurasianism and the European Far Right: Reshaping the Europe–Russia Relationship. July 1, 2015. Lexington Books. 9781498510691 . Google Books.
3. Web site: Strategic Review. June 17, 1985. United States Strategic Institute.. Google Books.
4. David Willey, 'Professor is accused of masterminding massacre', The Observer, 31 August 1980, p. 8.
5. Book: Sedgwick, Mark J.. Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century. June 17, 2004. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539601-0 . Google Books.
6. Book: Shekhovtsov, Anton. Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir. September 8, 2017. Routledge. 9781317199953 . Google Books.