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'''Islamism''' is a set of ideologies rooted in the concept of [[Islam]] as a political system as well as a religion; in short, that [[government]] should be [[Theocracy|based around Islamic teachings]]. | '''Islamism''' is a set of ideologies rooted in the concept of [[Islam]] as a political system as well as a religion; in short, that [[government]] should be [[Theocracy|based around Islamic teachings]]. | ||
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“”Muslims are not socialist nor capitalist; they are Muslims.
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| —- Quote from the Muslim Brotherhood[1] |
Islamism is a set of ideologies rooted in the concept of Islam as a political system as well as a religion; in short, that government should be based around Islamic teachings.
Writer Reza Aslan draws a distinction between Islamism and Jihadism: "By the end of the millennium, Islamism and Jihadism, once cousins, had effectively split into two opposing, rival movements... Islamism remains a nationalist ideology, whereas most Jihadists want to erase all borders, to eradicate all nationalities, and to return to an idealized past of religious communalism".[2]
Daniel Pipes, American historian and expert on "Middle East" politics and Islam, states "Islamism turns the bits and pieces within Islam that deal with politics, economics, and military affairs into a sustained and systematic program." He claims Islamism is a direct reaction to the tensions of Western society.[3].\ One example he gives is western style law making, impacting what were traditionally personal religious laws. For example, prior to "Islamism", a Christian could not only drink alcohol, he could open a store for other Christians. The law against alcohol only applied to Muslims. Today, however, it has become a state crime in many Islamist States, to buy or sell alcohol. He also demonstrates that, contrary to popular opinion, Islamism is not a response to poverty - there are Islamists in every socio-economic level. [4]
The term first appeared in French in the mid-eighteenth century, but at that time was used as a name for the Islamic religion, rather than in its modern political sense.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.danielpipes.org/954/distinguishing-between-islam-and-islamism
- ↑ Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War, p.29
- ↑ These "tensions" are not limited to Islam, but exist throughout the world. They include issues of access to massive amounts of information, shifting from small intimate family and social groups to large disconnected societies, extremes in access to wealth, demands for equality and reactions to those demands by "traditional" society, etc.
- ↑ Distinguishing between Islam and Islamism
- ↑ Coming to Terms: Fundamentalists or Islamists?