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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Purpose and description
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.
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.
What it is for: Not applicable; a political ideology category.
It can be explain the concept and currents; relay history and debates; describe the range neutrally; distinguish from Islam.
Distinguishing features
Political programme
Diverse currents
Contested label
Distinct from religion
What it looks like
Not a visible object; political movements and ideas.
Physical character
Muslim Brotherhood founded: 1928 year - Egypt
Iranian Revolution: 1979 year
How it is recognised
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
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is classified by the registry under - a contested parent that many scholars would not apply to all currents
is distinguished from - the religion
is studied in - and Islamic studies
In practice
Families and kinds
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
Standards and regulation
National laws on political parties and religious organisations
Terrorism designations that vary by country and are contested
Human rights frameworks
Failure modes and hazards
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
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Islamism is.
Attribution.
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.
Attribution.
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.
Attribution.
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.
Context.
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
What the second pass must settle
- 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