islamism

Noun capitalized: Islamism

Islamism (countable and uncountable, plural Islamisms)

1. The religion of Muslims; Islam.
   • Muhammed [...] first manifested and obserued the Religion of Islamisme [...]1626, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World, fourth edition, page 1013
   • ‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism.1827, Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte
2. A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.
   • Tibi makes an absolute distinction between Islamism, which he regards as a totalitarian political ideology resembling Nazism and communism, and Islam, the religion to which he adheres.2012, Malise Ruthven, ‘Reason & Religion’, Literary Review, number 399
3. (broadly) Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers.

   Synonyms:

   Muslimism