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Bookmark or Share- Islam | Religion, Beliefs, Practices, & Facts | BritannicaIslam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century ce. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God).
- Muslims vs. Islamists | The Washington InstituteWhile Islam is the faith of 1.4 billion people, Islamism is not a form of the Muslim faith or an expression of Muslim piety. Rather, it is a political ideology that strives to derive legitimacy from Islam.
- Islamism: what it is, its ideology and characteristicsIslamism is an ideology which holds that political action within society should be founded on the doctrine of Islam. Its main objective is the creation of an Islamic state rooted in the sharia (Muslim law) to transform all aspects of society, such as economy, law, social justice, and foreign policy.
- History of Islamism - WikipediaThis article is about the history of an Islamic political ideology and political movement. For a history of the religion itself, see History of Islam.
- Islamism | Political Islam | BritannicaIslamism, broad set of political ideologies that utilize and draw inspiration from Islamic symbols and traditions in pursuit of a sociopolitical objective. Although rooted in the Islamic modernist intellectual movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, Islamists vary widely in their aims, objectives, and ideologies.
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