Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.
Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.
This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the ideology, you have to attack it on that basis.
Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.
There is tension between the values of modern society and the principles of Islam.
Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it.
I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described in the Koran. Islamism is just Islam in its most pure form.
Islam is not a religion. It's a political system. It has a different set of rules.
'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.