Islamism
political ideology for applying Islamic doctrine to politics and society
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Summary
Islamism is a political ideology[1]. Islamism ranks in the top 8% of political ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,117 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: identity politics[3], fundamentalism[4]
- Subclass of: political Islam[5], ethnic supremacism[6], supremacism[7]
- Commons category: Islamism[8]
- Opposite of: anti-Islam[9]
- Has part(s): Islamic democracy[10], Salafism[11], Jihadism[12], Qutbism[13], Salafi jihadism[14], Islamist Shi'ism[15]
- Significant event: Islamic revival[16], Six-Day War[17], Iranian Revolution[18], Grand Mosque Seizure[19], Soviet-Afghan War[20], Gulf War[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Islamism[22]
- Facet of: political aspects of Islam[23], Muslim world[24]
- Partially coincident with: Islamic nationalism[25]
- Topic has template: Template:Islamism[26]
- Different from: Islamic fundamentalism[27]
- History of topic: History of Islamism[28]
- Practiced by: Islamist[29]
- Significant person: Rida Muhammad Rashid[30], Hassan al-Banna[31], Sayyid Qutb[32], Syed Abul Ala Maududi[33], Ruhollah Khomeini[34], Hasan al-Turabi[35]
- Has goal: sharia[36], Pan-Islamism[37], Islamic state[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]
Why It Matters
Islamism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Islamism is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]