islamism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Islamism
n.
Islam; culture of Islam
Islamism
Islamism, also known as Political Islam ( islam siyasi), is an Islamic revival movement often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt "to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life." The different Islamist movements have been described as "oscillating between two poles": at one end is a strategy of Islamization of society through state power seized by revolution or invasion; at the other "reformist" or moderate "pole" Islamists work to re-Islamize society "from the bottom up". The movements have "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders" according to one journalist (Robin Wright).
Islamism
Noun
1. a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life
(hypernym) religious movement
2. the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life; the predominant religion of northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Indonesia
(synonym) Islam, Muslimism, Muhammadanism, Mohammedanism, Mohammadanism
(hypernym) religion, faith
(member-meronym) Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam, the Shiites
(class) fatwah
3. the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"
(synonym) Islam, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
(hypernym) monotheism
(hyponym) Salafism, Salafi movement
(class) halal
Islamism
(n.)
The faith, doctrines, or religious system of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islam.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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