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Originally Posted by Vexx
So IS there a consensus on what the term "Islamists" means? Just linguistically it looks like it covers anyone who is "of Islam" (which makes it terrible to use for defining the wingnut fringe). If Muslims and those who practice the faith of Islam themselves use the term to label the fringe nuts... then well.... okay then. Though I guarantee Christians will misunderstand it to mean "all of those people".
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I see the start of the euphemism treadmill with this one, and before "terrorist" becomes "socially challenged" and suicide bomber becomes "socio-demolition engineer", I'd point out that it is called that not because of what methods they use, but because of their ideology-- Political islam--The replacement of all secular institutions/ structures with strict implementation of Sharia. The "terrorist" acts are only the means, so we must not confuse ourselves. Even non-violent ones, can be called islamists if they believe/advocate Political Islam.