David Myatt
David Wulstan Myatt (born 1950) has been the author of numerous tracts advocating National-Socialism, radical Islam, and what he calls the The Numinous Way of Folk Culture and Cosmic Ethics. He has also translated works by Sophocles, Sappho, Aeschylus and Homer, and written several collections of poems, and some science fiction stories.
Myatt grew up in Africa where his father was employed by the British Empire. He came to England in 1967 to complete his schooling. He studied physics, pursuing his lifelong interest in space exploration and colonization. He encountered and joined Colin Jordan's British Movement in 1969.
Throughout the seventies, eighties and nineties, Myatt was involved with para-military and neo-nazi organizations such as Column 88 and Combat 18, and, in the late 1990's, and following his conversion to Islam, he was active in trying to bring National Socialists and radical Muslims together to fight what he regarded as their 'common enemy', especially after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. Under his Muslim names of Abdul Aziz and Abdul-Aziz Ibn Myatt, he wrote many articles advocating Islamic fundamentalism, and embarked upon a series of travels in Muslim countries where he promoted Jihad and openly supported Osama bin Laden and the Taliban.
Myatt was the founder and first leader of the National_Socialist_Movement and was regarded as the mentor of David Copeland. Myatt is the author of several practical terrorist guides, one of which - A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution - inspired Copeland.
Myatt also founded and led the neo-nazi Reichsfolk organization, which advocates a new racialist philosophy called The Numinous Way (of Folk Culture).
Myatt has been accused - by political groups such as Searchlight_magazine - of being a satanist, and founder and leader of the Order of Nine Angles. However, Myatt has denied such accusations.
Organizations such as Searchlight magazine - and individuals opposed to the Islamic fundamentalist views of Abdul-Aziz Ibn Myatt - continue to dispute many of Myatt's claims, such as the sincerity of his commitment to Islam, and his claim about having travelled to Muslim countries.
References
- Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity (Chap. 11 in particular) by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 2001, ISBN 0814731554
- White Riot: The Violent Story of Combat 18 by Nick Lowles (Milo Books, England, 2001 AD)
- Homeland: Into A World of Hate, by Nick Ryan (Mainstream, 2003 AD).