Islamism

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Islamism.
   alt-of, rare
2. The religion of Muslims; Islam.
   countable, uncountable
3. A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.
   countable, uncountable
4. Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Muhammed [...] first manifested and obserued the Religion of Islamisme [...]”

“‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism.”

“Those of Meshed further assured him, that at Candahar there are descendants of Simeon, also of Joseph (i. e. of Ephraim and Manasseh,) though they were outwardly conformed to Islamism;³ and he himself, when in Arabia, met with Israelites who declared themselves, and were believed by the Jews, to be of the tribe of Dan. Their usual residence was near Terim in Hatramawt.”

“They were the outposts and frontiers of Islamism.”

“Tibi makes an absolute distinction between Islamism, which he regards as a totalitarian political ideology resembling Nazism and communism, and Islam, the religion to which he adheres.”

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