islamism

Speech parts

1. islamism - Noun

2. Islamism - Proper noun

Meaning

The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Muslimism islam mohammedanism muhammadanism muslim Islamic Islamist moslem Islamic fundamentalism Eslam jihadism

Hypernyms

monotheism religious movement

Hyponyms

Shiism Salafism Wahhabism Mahdism Wahabism Salafi movement

Phrases with the word

anti-Islamism

Examples

I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the Koran. Islamism is just Islam in its most pure form. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society. Maajid Nawaz

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam. Daniel Pipes

I can tell you squat about Islamism. But I know a lot about Al Quaeda, and they need to burn in hell. Frank Miller

It was not socialism or communism or Islamism. It was romanticism. There is no more incandescent passion than love in a time of revolution. Ian McDonald

Nazism and Islamism are on the opposite sides of the same coin – we oppose both. Nazism has been defeated and Islamism is spreading across the country. Tommy Robinson

Close letter words and terms

Islamification Islamisation Islamise Islamist Islamistic islamite