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Islamism

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Islamists tend to adopt variants of the shahada flag, bearing the Muslim testimony of faith.
Islamists in Sydney

Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems.[1] Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism, liberal democracy, capitalism, and other alternatives in achieving a just, successful society.[2] The advocates of Islamism are usually affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization movements,[3] emphasizing the implementation of sharia,[4] pan-Islamic political unity,[4] and the creation of Islamic states.[5][6]

Select list of Islamist groups

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Footnotes

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References

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  1. ↑ "Islamism". Cambridge dictionary.
  2. ↑ Cox, Caroline (June 2003). "The 'West', Islam and Islamism" (PDF). Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Islamism". Oxford Reference. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 Eikmeier, Dale (2007). "Qutbism: An Ideology of Islamic-Fascism". The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters. 37 (1): 85–97. doi:10.55540/0031-1723.2340.
  5. ↑ Soage, Ana Belén. "Introduction to Political Islam." Religion Compass 3.5 (2009): 887–96.
  6. ↑ Berman, S, "Islamism, Revolution, and Civil Society, Perspectives on Politics", Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2003, American Political Science Association, p. 258
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