Islamism

Islamism (also known as political Islamism or Islamic fundamentalism) is a political ideology that asserts the need to restructure modern states and regions in order to bring them back into conformity with authentic Islamic practise in its entirety in terms of constitution, economy, and judiciary. Islamism is a political ideology that asserts the need to restructure modern states and regions in terms of constitution, economy, and judiciary to bring them back into conformity with authentic Islamic practise in its entirety.

It is possible to support a "revolutionary" approach of Islamizing society via the use of state power, or an alternatively, a "reformist" strategy of re-Islamizing society by grassroots social and political engagement in Islamist ideologies. For example, Islamists may highlight the implementation of sharia, the establishment of pan-Islamic political unity and the establishment of Islamic states, or the outright removal of non-Muslim influences in the Muslim world; particularly those of a primarily Western or universal economic, military, political, social, or cultural nature; that they believe to be incompatible with Islam and a form of Western neocolonialism. Graham E. Fuller, for example, describes it as a type of identity politics that involves "support for Muslim identity and authenticity," "broader regionalism," "revivalism," and "revitalization of the community."

Many Islamists dislike the word itself because they think it implies intrinsically violent methods, human rights abuses, and political radicalism when it is employed by Western mass media. Some writers use the word "Islamic activism," while Islamist political leaders such as Rached Ghannouchi prefer the phrase "Islamic movement" rather than the term "Islamism" to describe their movements.