编辑“陰謀論”（章节）

===中東===
阴谋论在[[阿拉伯人|阿拉伯]]文化與政治中頗為常見<ref name=Gray>{{cite book|title=Conspiracy Theories in the Arab World|author=Matthew Gray|isbn=978-0-415-57518-8|year=2010}}</ref>。他們部分陰謀論跟殖民主義、[[錫安主義]]、超級大國、石油、[[反恐战争]]有關；他們可能視反恐战争為對伊斯蘭教發動的宗教戰爭<ref name=Gray/>。当地亦广为流傳着指稱猶太人密謀掌控世界的[[惡作劇|偽造]]文件《[[锡安长老会纪要]]》<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/26/world/anti-semitic-elders-of-zion-gets-new-life-on-egypt-tv.html|title=Anti-Semitic 'Elders of Zion' Gets New Life on Egypt TV|last=Wakin|first=Daniel J.|date=2002-10-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2014-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816063157/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/26/world/anti-semitic-elders-of-zion-gets-new-life-on-egypt-tv.html|archive-date= 2014-08-16|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/pdfdocs/KSAtextbooks06.pdf |title=2006 Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823125127/http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/pdfdocs/KSAtextbooks06.pdf |archive-date=2006-05-23}} Report by Center for Religious Freedom of Freedom House. 2006</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB113046423225782130 "The Booksellers of Tehran"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410052122/https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB113046423225782130 |date=2017-04-10 }}, ''[[华尔街日报|The Wall Street Journal]]'',  2005-10-28</ref>。{{link-en|罗杰·科恩|Roger Cohen}}認為，阴谋论之所以在阿拉伯世界受到歡迎，是因為他們「穷途末路」<ref name="Cohen">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Cohen |title=The Captive Arab Mind |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2010-12-20 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21iht-edcohen21.html |access-date=2017-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625080138/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/opinion/21iht-edcohen21.html |archive-date=2017-06-25 |deadurl=no }}</ref>。阿尔-穆明（Al-Mumin）指出了阴谋论的危險性，表示它们「使我们远离真相，无法面对自己的错误和问题」<ref>{{cite news|url=http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/stalinsky200405060835.asp|title=A Vast Conspiracy|date=2004-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220251/http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/stalinsky200405060835.asp|archive-date= 2013-10-04|work=National Review|author=Steven Stalinsky}}</ref>。

[[奥萨马·本·拉登]]和[[艾曼·扎瓦希里]]利用有關[[美国]]的陰謀論，去为阿拉伯世界的[[基地组织]]爭取支持，把自身跟類似組織區分開來，不過他們有可能不相信從自己口中吐出的陰謀論<ref name="Gray158-159">{{cite book|author=Matthew Gray|title=Conspiracy Theories in the Arab World: Sources and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpxdBwAAQBAJ|date=2010-07-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-96751-1|pages=158–159|access-date=2020-12-24|archive-date=2020-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226023035/https://books.google.com/books?id=BpxdBwAAQBAJ|dead-url=no}}</ref>。