Islamism - Definition

Islamism refers to a set of political ideologies derived from various religious views of Muslim fundamentalists, which hold that Islam is not only a religion, but also a political system that should govern the legal, economic and social imperatives of the state. Islamist movements seek to re-shape the state by implementing a conservative formulation of Sharia. [1] Islamists regard themselves as Muslims rather than Islamists, while moderate Muslims and liberal movements within Islam reject this notion. Some perceive Islamists as Triump ...

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• Islamism - The Deobandi Movement
• Islamism - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
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• Islamism - Islamic Jihad movements
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• Islamism - Recent history
• Islamism - Islamism and modern political theory
• Islamism - Islamist movements

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In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Islamist movements, along with other political movements inspired by Islam, gained increased attention in the Western media. Although the groups and individuals representing these are not mutually exclusive, within academia, each term does have a distinct definition. Some Islamist groups have been implicated in terrorism and have become targets in the War on Terrorism. However, it is important to keep in mind that this distinction or boundary between "Islam" and "Islamism" is not as sharp, ...

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Although Islamic states based on Shari'a law have existed since the earliest days of Islam, Islamism refers to modern movements that developed during the twentieth century in reaction to several forces. Following World War I, the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, and the subsequent dissolution of the Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (founder of Turkey), some Muslims perceived that Islam was in retreat, and felt that Western ideas were spreading throughout Muslim society, along with the influence of Western nations. During the 1960 ...

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Islamism, Islamism - Definition, Islamism - History, Islamism - The Deobandi Movement, Islamism - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Islamism - The Muslim Brotherhood, Islamism - Islamic Jihad movements, Islamism - Wahhabism, Islamism - Recent history, Islamism - Islamism and modern political theory, Islamism - Islamist movements

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The foundation of modern Islamist thought is the many centuries of Islamic theology and political science, but the development of modern Islamism was also both a reaction to and influenced by the other ideologies of the modern world. Modern Islamism began in the colonial period, and it was overtly anti-imperialist. It was also opposed to the local elites who wanted independence, but who also supported adopting western liberal ideals. Writers like the Egyptian Sayyid Qutb and the Pakistani Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi saw western style individualism as counter to centuries of tradition, and ...

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Islamism, Islamism - Definition, Islamism - History, Islamism - The Deobandi Movement, Islamism - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Islamism - The Muslim Brotherhood, Islamism - Islamic Jihad movements, Islamism - Wahhabism, Islamism - Recent history, Islamism - Islamism and modern political theory, Islamism - Islamist movements

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