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, Rene Guenon, 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. [5]
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, Rene Guenon, 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. [5]