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Webster 1828 Edition
Islamism
IS'LAMISM
,Noun.
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Islamism
Islamism
See also: islamism
English
Noun
Islamism (countable and uncountable, plural Islamisms)
- The religious system of Muslims; Islam, Mohammedanism. [from 17th c.]
- 1827, Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte:
- ‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism.
- 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
- They were the outposts and frontiers of Islamism.
- 1827, Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte:
- A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.[from 20th c.]
- 2012, Malise Ruthven, ‘Reason & Religion’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- 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.
- 2012, Malise Ruthven, ‘Reason & Religion’, Literary Review, issue 399:
Synonyms
- Muslimism
- (Muslim fundamentalism): quran thumping
Translations
Islamic fundamentalism
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References
- Martin Kramer, Coming to Terms: Fundamentalists or Islamists?, Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2003, pp. 65-77.