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Islamism

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Islamists tend to adopt variants of the shahada flag, bearing the Muslim testimony of faith.

Islamism is a group of ideologies that say that the Muslim world should be run by sharia (Islamic laws). Generally, it is the idea that Islam should guide both society and politics, as well as people's personal lives.[1]

Inspirations

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Influential figures who have inspired Islamist movements include Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Malcolm X,[2] Louis Farrakhan,[3] Ayatollah Khomeini,[4] Sayyid Qutb, Muhammad Iqbal, some of which hold similar ideas as non-Muslim religious movements,[3] such as the Black Hebrew Israelites (BHI) who are equally influential as the Nation of Islam (NOI) led by Louis Farrakhan and to which Malcolm X belonged until March 8, 1964 – a year before his assassination by his former Islamist allies.[2][3]

Select list of Islamist groups

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References

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  1. Berman, S, "Islamism, Revolution, and Civil Society, Perspectives on Politics", Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2003, American Political Science Association, p. 258
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    • Pollack, Eunice G. (2013). Racializing Antisemitism: Black Militants, Jews, and Israel 1950-present (PDF). Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University of Israel. p. 4.
    • "Malcolm X founded Harvard University's antisemitism". Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). 22 February 2024. Jews and Zionism have been cast as the ultimate oppressors of black Americans.
    • "When Malcolm X Met the Nazis". VICE. 15 April 2015.
    • Pierre, Dion J. (June 17, 2019). "How Anti-Semitism Became a Staple of 'Woke' Activism on Campus". National Association of Scholars (NAS). Retrieved October 27, 2024.
    • "Nation of Islam". Anti-Defamation League (ADL). January 9, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
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