Islamism
Let an agent explain Islamism as a set of political ideologies, relay its currents, history and debates from academic sources with attribution, describe the range from electoral to quietist to militant movements neutrally, and distinguish Islamism from Islam, from Muslims in general and from terrorism.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Islamism is.
Definition
Definition and scope.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Islamism, how do scholars define it, and how does it differ from Islam and from religious observance? definition
- Is the question about a political ideology, the religion, a specific movement or terrorism? boundary
Currents
Currents.
Currents
Currents.
- How do electoral, Shia, quietist such as Madkhalist, and militant currents differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific current or movement? action
History History.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did Islamism emerge in the 20th century, from the Muslim Brotherhood and Maududi to the Iranian Revolution, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Developments
Later developments.
Developments
Developments.
- How have Islamist movements evolved through elections, the Arab Spring and post-Islamism debates, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Debate Debates.
Scholarship
Scholarly debates.
Scholarship
Scholarship.
- What do scholars debate about the term, its usefulness and its compatibility with democracy? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Policy
Policy responses.
Policy
Policy.
- How do governments respond to Islamist movements, and how are designations contested? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Regions and related terms.
Regions
Regional forms.
Regions
Regions.
- What are Kurdish Islamism, Islamism in France and other regional forms? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
Terms
Related terms.
Terms
Terms.
- How do Salafism, jihadism, political Islam and Islamic democracy relate to Islamism? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Islamist movement, Kurdish Islamism, Islamist Shi'ism, Islamism in France, Islamic democracy, Madkhalism, neo-Ottomanism, Islamic extremism, Sunni Islamism, Khomeinism, Conservative democracy
What it is Filled
A range of political ideologies and movements holding that Islam should guide political and social life and that the state should be organised according to Islamic principles, encompassing electoral parties and movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots, Islamic democracy advocates, Shia political movements, quietist currents such as Madkhalism that reject political activism, and militant groups; the term is used by scholars and governments in different ways, is rejected by some of those it describes, and is distinguished from Islam as a religion and from ordinary religious observance.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain Islamism as a set of political ideologies, relay its currents, history and debates from academic sources with attribution, describe the range from electoral to quietist to militant movements neutrally, and distinguish Islamism from Islam, from Muslims in general and from terrorism.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Political programme
- Diverse currents
- Contested label
- Distinct from religion
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Equate Islam or Muslims as a whole with Islamism or with violent groups.
- Produce propaganda, recruitment or praise for violent extremist groups.
- Label a real person or organization as Islamist or extremist without evidence.
- Help evade terrorist designation or sanctions rules.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting suspected extremist activity by an identifiable person to authorities.
May
- Explain the range of Islamist ideologies and movements from scholarly sources.
- Distinguish electoral parties from violent groups by naming each specifically.
Moral aspects Filled
- Loose use of the term stigmatizes Muslims and fuels discrimination.
- Violent groups within the spectrum have killed many people, most of them Muslims.
Who is affected
- Muslim communities
- Victims of political violence
- Political activists
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the ideologies; states regulate parties and designate violent groups under their law.
Master systems
- National and international terrorist designation lists
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1031455 - registry parent class
- Q122167123 - registry parent class
- Q30970737 - registry parent class
related
- political Islam - in registry terms
- supremacism - a contested parent that many scholars would not apply to all currents
- Islam - the religion
- political science - and Islamic studies
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.islamism
- Wikidata: Q189746 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189746)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Muslim Brotherhood founded: 1928 year - Egypt
- Iranian Revolution: 1979 year
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Political ideologies seeking Islamic governance
- Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic democracy, Shia Islamism, Kurdish Islamism, Islamism in France, Madkhalism
- Islam is a religion; Salafism is a religious current not always political; jihadism is a militant subset
- Not a visible object; political movements and ideas.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and currents
- relay history and debates
- describe the range neutrally
- distinguish from Islam
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating Islamism with Islam or with Muslims
- Treating all currents as militant
- Presenting contested designations and the registry parent as settled
- Endorsing or attacking movements rather than attributing views
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National laws on political parties and religious organisations
- Terrorism designations that vary by country and are contested
- Human rights frameworks
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a political ideology category.
- electoral and reformist Islamism such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic democracy parties
- Shia political Islam such as movements in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon
- quietist currents such as Madkhalism
- militant and jihadist groups
- regional forms such as Kurdish Islamism and Islamism in France
- post-Islamism as a scholarly term
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q189746: Islamism - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Islamism - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic democracy be separate primary entries?
- How should academic sources be linked?
- The registry parents supremacism and ethnic supremacism are contested for this entry and should be reviewed
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q189746/spec.json