Islamism (fl. 1979- ) is Islam seen as an -ism, a set of ideas suitable for a democratic, revolutionary or ruling political party. Islamists think that Islam should inform government policy. (Before the 1990s, the word “Islamism” was mainly just Voltaire’s old word for what we now call “Islam”.) Islamism is not a monolith. Some Islamists are … Continue reading Islamism
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