Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques. — Ted Lange Copy Share Image
Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Good people in the West have often failed to distinguish between Islam and Islamism. — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Islamism is a monstrous totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on reason, on civilization. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
“The United States finds itself with forces of reaction. Do I have to demonstrate this? The Taliban's annihilation of music and culture?… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
“A true martyr is not an opportunist who dies to get a reward of eternal life. A true martyr is a humanist… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
“...differences between the world's Muslim communities are less important than what they share-namely, Islamism, sharia, and the dream of caliphate.” — Hamed Abdel-Samad Copy Share Image
“Whether most Muslims are peaceable is irrelevant. The fact is that fanatics rule Islam now & act-out what the Qur'an truly says… — Gary F. Patton Copy Share Image
I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
“Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“the way Islamism has infested the political system, again a warning for the Middle East. Perhaps the most striking example is the… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Half the published articles on Gaza contain a standard reference to its resemblance to a vast open-air prison (and when I last… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“economic aspect of Islamism penetrated a number of the economy's industrial and service sectors. For example, eight of the twenty richest families… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Preoccupation with real evil is the greatest difference between right and left. The right was preoccupied with fighting Communism while the left… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
“The simplistic nature of Islamism means that it thrives on victim narratives and clearly identifiable enemies. When there is no such simple,… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“Islamo-Fascism is NOT the result of economic deprivation or legitimate blowback because of Western foreign policies or even heinous drone attacks on… — Gary F. Patton Copy Share Image
Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Legalist ones, traditional… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“In the pragmatist, streetwise climate of advanced postmodern capitalism, with its scepticism of big pictures and grand narratives, its hard-nosed disenchantment with… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“As Islamic liberalism waned, and resistance arose against the West and its influence, that very resistance started to replace genuine religiosity as… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
“Now is as good a time as ever to revisit the history of the Crusades, or the sorry history of partition in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The transmogrification of Islam into Islamism is bad news not only for the West but also for the majority of Muslims who… — Robert R. Reilly Copy Share Image
“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“fact is that moderate Islamism is a myth. There are, to be sure, more than a billion moderate Muslims—people who pray five… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“The greatest evils since World War II have been Communism and, since the demise of Communism in the Soviet Union and most… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I am not one of those who believes—as Obama is said to believe—that a solution to the Palestinian statehood question would bring… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Hitherto, the Palestinians had been relatively immune to this Allahu Akhbar style. I thought this was a hugely retrograde development. I said… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In this sense, Islamism in Turkey was at least partly an unintended consequence of Kemalism. The latter’s zeal against Ottoman tradition impoverished… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
“Remaining for a moment with the question of legality and illegality: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368, unanimously passed, explicitly recognized the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A common error of western commentators who seek to interpret Islamism sympathetically is to view it as a form of localised resistance… — John Gray Copy Share Image
“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was 'a war… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I see no difference between Islam and Islamism. Islam is defined as submission to the will of Allah, as it is described… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image