Overview Flashcards
Islamism opposes
Free-speech,
Free enterprise,
Freedom to practice or not to practice a religion,
Freedom of assembly, freedom of press, and
Fundamental human and civil rights.
Religion and government
Islamist reject the western principle of separation of religion and government.
Islamists Believe that the government is only legitimate if the government rules according to religious law. In this case, sharia.
Sharia
Islam’s sacred body of extensive laws.
Sharia is based on the teachings of the Quran and the Sunna.
Quran
Believed to be the literal words of Allah as revealed to his prophet Mohammed.
Sunna
Consists of the words and deeds attributed to Muhamed.
Sharia law
Holds that:
Anyone born Muslim must remain Muslim and face execution if they convert to any other religion.
Adulterers must be stoned to death.
Anyone who insults Islam or Mohammed must either be severely whipped or executed.
Thieves should have a limb cut off.
Condones polygamy and child marriage.
Nations of sharia law
Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Islamism wants the entire world to be governed by sharia law
Anyone who who opposes Islamic expansionism is the enemy and must be destroyed.
This includes the United States, Europe, and Israel.
It also includes fellow Muslims.
Islamism
A radical and often violent form of Islam.
Like fascism and communism, Islamism is totalitarian in nature. The state controls everything.
Like fascism and communism, Islamism is inherently expansionist, Always seeks to get bigger, cross borders, and bring as many people as possible under its control.
Like fascism and communism, many of its followers are prepared to kill to achieve its Aims.
How many Islamist are there?
There are approximately 1.5 billion Muslims in the world.
It is estimated that 10% to 20% of all Muslims are Islamists. That is 150,000,000 to 300,000,000 people.
This includes groups like:
Al Qaeda, The Islamic State, The Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab.
The Islamist Muslim brotherhood governed Egypt in 2012 for one year
But the Muslims were so out raged by sharia law, they brought the government down after only one year.
What is the ultimate goal of the Islamic extremist?
the ultimate objective of Islamic extremists is the merger of “mosque and state” under sharia law. Those who favor such an approach are called Islamists. Their ideology is called Islamism, or political Islam.
Islamic extremists believe they are obligated to install this form of governance in Muslim-majority territories, countries and, eventually, the entire world. In the minds of Islamic extremists, they are promoting justice and freedom by instituting sharia.
Islamic Extremists Political Goals
Islamic extremists have intermediate political goals which they believe will pave the way for the global implementation of sharia. One of these goals is the removal of non-Muslim military forces from Muslim lands and the overthrow of “enemy” regimes.
Acts of Islamic Extremists
Acts of Islamic extremism includes terrorism, human rights abuses, the advancement of sharia-based governance, bigotry towards non-Muslims and rival Muslims and overall hostility to the West and, in particular, Western democracy.
Gradualism
Not all Islamic extremists carry out violent acts. Islamic extremists can advance their goals using non-violent tactics such as activism, developing interfaith coalitions with unsuspecting non-Muslims, fundraising, building political influence and the overall spreading of the ideology. These extremists follow a doctrine called gradualism. The largest Islamic extremist group to use this method is the Muslim Brotherhood.
