Islamism
noun
Is·lam·ism
is-ˈlä-ˌmi-zəm 
iz-,
-ˈla-;
ˈiz-lə-
1
: the faith, doctrine, or cause of Islam
2
: a popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam
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Those who have formed the interim government have very little to do with Islamism.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Bordering Afghanistan, where ISIS-K first emerged, Tajikistan has long struggled with a mix of poverty, intense political repression by its government, backed by Moscow, and a broad spectrum of Islamism from across the fervently religious region.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 25 July 2024
The Kremlin did not always try that hard to quash narratives around violent Islamism.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 June 2024
Extremist Islamism became Russia’s curse after the savagery of its two wars in Chechnya.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 June 2024
Hussein al-Houthi, born in 1959, studied in Sudan – where he was exposed to radical Islamism in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qa'eda – and lived in Iran, where he was greatly influenced by Ayatollah Khomeini.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
There are some obvious political reasons for this, starting with general dissatisfaction among Iranians with the leadership in Tehran and with Islamism in general.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Egypt, which has moved to Islamism with a constitution referring to sharia as the source of law since 1980, and Saudi Arabia, which has recently become less Islamist and more nationalist through Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms, are now regional allies.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
An entire generation of axis fighters has been brought up in Iran’s unique brand of Islamism, with its emphasis on the Islamic Republic as the headquarters of a multinational army that will supposedly one day bring about the downfall of Israel.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Bordering Afghanistan, where ISIS-K first emerged, Tajikistan has long struggled with a mix of poverty, intense political repression by its government, backed by Moscow, and a broad spectrum of Islamism from across the fervently religious region.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 25 July 2024
The Kremlin did not always try that hard to quash narratives around violent Islamism.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 June 2024
Extremist Islamism became Russia’s curse after the savagery of its two wars in Chechnya.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 June 2024
Hussein al-Houthi, born in 1959, studied in Sudan – where he was exposed to radical Islamism in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qa'eda – and lived in Iran, where he was greatly influenced by Ayatollah Khomeini.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
There are some obvious political reasons for this, starting with general dissatisfaction among Iranians with the leadership in Tehran and with Islamism in general.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
Egypt, which has moved to Islamism with a constitution referring to sharia as the source of law since 1980, and Saudi Arabia, which has recently become less Islamist and more nationalist through Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms, are now regional allies.
—Ahmet T. Kuru, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
An entire generation of axis fighters has been brought up in Iran’s unique brand of Islamism, with its emphasis on the Islamic Republic as the headquarters of a multinational army that will supposedly one day bring about the downfall of Israel.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
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