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Wahhabism is a very conservative branch of Islam. It's different from mainstream Islam, and is often referred to as ultra-conservative, radical, and puritanical. Its interpretations of the Qur'an are much different than that of many Muslims, and the beliefs of Wahhabism enables its followers to label non-followers (both Muslims and non-Muslims) as dissenters.

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This is the difference between the extremely pious religious person and the religious person who tries to enact his religion through law. (Compare, for example, the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members are extremely pious, but do not try to change national laws, and the Evangelical Conservatives who actually try to overturn Roe v. Wade in the US.) A person can be both an "Islamic Fundamentalist" and an Islamist, but these refer to two different aspects of this person.

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It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Islamic Fundamentalism (Usuliya or Salafism) is a religious position about how a person should live their life. It concerns personal implementation of the Shari'a law. It is not necessarily violent, but most Fundamentalists (Usuliyin or Salafists) cannot separate their personal desire to live a puritanical life from their demand that others join them and set up laws requiring a country or the world to adhere to their views.

Main Difference
Usuliyin or Salafists can be Islamists and vice versa, but Usuliya or Salafism is how a person decides to believe in Islam. Islamism is the political implementation of Islamic Laws. Not all Islamists are Usuliyin or Salafists (like the Tunisian and Turkish Islamist Parties), but some (like An-Nur in Egypt) are.

Yes. Islam is a religion. Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Islamism is not a religion; it is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Most of the Islamist leadership is by nature quite religious. Some of the biggest leaders and founders of Islamism include Sayyed Qutb, Al-Maududi, and Hassan al-Banna.

There were numerous Arab Nationalist movements that developed during the European Colonial Period. Some were regional (such as Shamite Nationalism which pertained to the entire Levant), some were ethnic (such as Berber or Kurdish Nationalism), some were specific to particular states (such as Algerian Nationalism), and then, of course, there is the universal Pan-Arabism.

Additionally, there were Arab Socialist Movements, like Nasserism, Arab Islamist Movements like Salafism, and Arab Liberal Movements like Arab Democracy.

Sunni Islam began with the death of Mohammed in 632 C.E.

Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

There is no substantial group of Islamists in Liberia.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Therefore, an Islamic theocracy is the end goal of Islamist movements.

The religion of Islam has two patriarchs: Ibrahim (Abraham) and Ismail (Ishmael). However, Islamism is not a religion; it is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Most of the Islamist leadership is by nature quite religious. Some of the biggest leaders and founders of Islamism include Sayyed Qutb, Al-Maududi, and Hassan al-Banna. Qutb has such a central role in developing the ideology that Islamism is sometimes called Qutbism.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Most of the Islamist leadership is by nature quite religious. Some of the biggest leaders of Islamism include Sayyed Qutb, Al-Maududi, and Hassan al-Banna.

Islam is a religion that means submission to ALLAH. The people who submit to ALLAH are called Muslims. Islam, like any other religion, has holidays, traditional foods, forms of prayer, a theology, and forms of general societal organization.

Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey. As a political philosophy, Islamism does not have practitioners, just as Communism and other political philosophies do not have practitioners.

Islam represents roughly 23% of the world's population.

Islam is a religion that means submission to ALLAH. The people who submit to ALLAH are called Muslims. Islam, like any other religion, has holidays, traditional foods, forms of prayer, a theology, and forms of general societal organization.

Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Neither Islam nor Islamism spend much time on genealogies. The only quasi-genealogical part of Islam is that individuals who are descended from the Tribe of Qoreish or Mohammed himself usually have a better mandate to rule.

No. Islamism does not exist in Indian politics in any meaningful way. Islam, however, represents over 13% of the Indian population or over 160 million people.

It is important to note that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is unclear what the question is asking.

If it is asking what Islamism proposes, it is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is asking what Islamism does to be a successful form of government, this is impossible to answer. Every single Islamist country (Morsi's Egypt, Sudan, Taliban Afghanistan, and the Islamic Republic of Iran) has been an abysmal failure. Citizens have been subject to repression and violence. Economies have tanked. Also, their internal infrastructure crumbled.

There are very few functional differences between Sunni Islam in any country. Even between the four major schools, the differences concern very specific issues (such as whether you need to wash your hands once or twice before prayer). As a result, Moroccan Sunnis (who are >99% of the country), teach most of the same things as Sunnis elsewhere.

Morocco's much more mild religious climate, however, makes Moroccans, generally speaking, more Westernized and liberal in their outlook. Salafism and Islamism are both condemned by the Royal Government and by common-folk. Religion is seen as a personal choice in Morocco to a much higher degree than most places in the Arab World.

It is unclear which form of Islamism (political Islam) the person is referring to, since there are a variety of forms that Islamism can take. However, the basic definition is below.

Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey. However, a number of Islamist groups have goals to "rule the whole world" in an Islamist fashion such as Al-Qaeda and actively use violent means to attain this goal.

Islamism is not a religion; it is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

As a result, Islamism cannot have "prophets" since no political movement has prophets. Probably one the earliest Islamists and the founders of Islamism are Sayyid Qutb and Hassan al-Banna.

If by "Islamism" you meant "Islam", which is a religion, please see the Related Link.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Since Islamism is a political ideology, Islamists see Mohammed in his political context as the Hakam or Arbitrator/Elder of Medina. In their view, Mohammed lead a theocratic government which aligns with the values and laws of fundamentalist Islam. Since Mohammed is the paragon of virtue, in their view, this type of government is what should be emulated.

An Islamist would support prayer in school, but that prayer would have to be Islamic prayer. They would not support school traditional Christian prayer, especially if it invokes Jesus Christ. It is a natural extension of Islamic government that the system of education should inculcate Islamic values and traditions like prayer.

It is important to note that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

They believe that secular governments promote immorality and injustice, whereas they believe that Islamist governance promotes moral conduct an just behavior. They fault secularism with the problems of imperialism, colonialism, European and American foreign policy, communism, fascism, corporatism, and globalism, regardless of whether secularism is actually responsible for them. Secularists also assert full legal equality between men and women and Muslims and Non-Muslims. Islamists do not accept this equality.

It is important to note that Islamist is not the same as Muslim. Islamist is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt.

Prophet Muhammad is the prophet who received God's revelation of Quran through the Angel Gabriel (or Jibril). Quran revelation started in year 610 AD and continued until year 632 AD (year of death of prophet Muhammad).

Islam as a religion as it is today was introduced by Prophet Muhammad by the end of 6th century (he was born at 571 AD, and the prophecy came when he was 40 years old. please note that the lunar calendar of Islam has less days in a year, around 10-11 days a year)

But the monotheism can be drawn back to the age of Abraham (Ibrahim, in Islamic term), and further to the 1st prophet Adam.

Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

If this is a simple "Yes" or "No" question, then the answer is: No.

If this is a question looking for a more serious discussion, then there is more to discuss. Muslims have consistently avoided portraying God in any of their artworks (be they paintings, books, murals, etc.). It is considered a betrayal of God to create a physical representation of him as Christians do.

However, the ban on drawing Mohammed is an outgrowth of modern Salafism in the Sunni community. The best examples of pictures of Mohammed have historically been found and remain quite prevalent in Iran. Numerous manuscripts and paintings have been found with both Mohammed's body and face entirely in tact. He is often portrayed as an erect man with a air of charisma and his facial expressions are usually contemplative. As drawing Mohammed became more and more of a problem in Sunni communities, old paintings that used to show Mohammed's face were blurred by ruining these artworks.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

However, Global Islamism is by nature violent and expansive. Global Islamist organizations, like Al-Qaeda, have as a central tenet the idea that all countries across the world should submit to Islamist rule and embrace the Islamic worldview. Global Islamists fundamentally reject the idea of separation of church and state and fundamentally reject the idea of equality between people of different religious faiths.

There is no evidence that links Obama to Islamism.

Some have alleged that Obama allowed Arab Spring to happen because he knew the Islamists would be successful in overtaking the Revolutions there. However, there are no indications that that was his intent, nor that he supports the ideological beliefs of Islamists. He has openly chastised the new government of Egypt to hold to the peace treaty with Israel, a major Islamist source of contention, or risk losing all American Aid.

However, just to be clear: Islamism is not a religion; it is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

This question is comparing apples to oranges. Judaism is a religion while Islamism is a political philosophy.

Judaism is the religion, philosophy and way of life of the Jewish people. It is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Mishnah and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God established with the Children of Israel.

Islam is a religion. Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Since Islamism is not a faith, it has no food requirements or prohibitions. However, Islamists, in advocating Islamic Law, argue that people must not consume foods prohibited to Muslims. Muslims can only eat meat slaughtered in the proper way (Dhabiha) and cannot consume pork.

Islam is a religion founded on historical consistency and its doctrines per se suffered in no way from colonization.

However, there was a major shift in the way those documents were read and applied to deal with such a new and difficult situation. Prior to colonization, there was a very complex religious system set up. Imams consulted Qadis and Faqihs who received their authority from the Caliphs. The colonial society excised this formalistic structure and allowed people to read the Qur'an without this rigorous interpretation. This led to modern movements such as Islamism, Salafism, Wahhabism, Ahmadiyya Islam, Mujahedin Movements, and others that try to recapture the positive elements of previous incarnations of Islam and do so with better or worse success depending on a person's interpretation of these movements and the interpretation of the "good parts" of Pre-Modern Society.

Islam is a religion for which the house of worship is a mosque. Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. As a political movement, it has no place of worship, but since all Islamists are Muslims, they will pray as Muslims in mosques.

Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey. Islamism is not invented by Westerners to defame Islam, it is a term by which these politically oriented individuals call themselves. The Arabic words for Muslim and Islam are Moslem (مسلم) and Eslaam (إسلام) while the Arabic words for Islamist and Islamism are Eslaami (إسلامي) and Eslaamawiyya (أشلاموية) Since Islamism (as opposed to Islam) is a form of authoritarianism, it is proper to oppose it in pursuit of liberal democracy.

Islam is God religion and call conveyed to humankind through His prophets since start of mankind. God religion is named Judaism per Torah revelation to Prophet Moses. God religion per the Bible revelation to Prophet Jesus is called Christianity. God religion per revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad is called the very name Islam. Islam religion per Quran God revelation to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) started by the first Quran revelation in year 610 AD and continued through year 632 AD (year of prophet Muhammad death).

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It's not... It is just pictured that way for political and financial reasons to most of the world. Islam is actually a very tolerant religion. It is just ruined by crazy Muslims who are not even Muslims and by the media. Prophet Muhammad used to pray for his enemies for them to enter the mercy of God and Heaven, not their distruction. Some Jews once came up to him and wanted to pray so he introduced them to his Mosque and invited them to pray there. I hope this vision of Islam changes because it is really sad what the people are doing to it.

This question is comparing apples to Oranges. Judaism is a religion while Islamism is a political philosophy.

Judaism is the religion, philosophy and way of life of the Jewish people. It is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Mishnah and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God established with the Children of Israel.

Islam is a religion. Islamism, however, is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), known as ad-Dawla al-Eslamiyya al-3iraaq w'ash-Shaam or the acronym Daa3esh in Arabic, is an extremist Sunni Islamist organization. It is important to clarify what Islamism is. While Islam is a religion, Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. ISIL practices a particularly violent form of Islamism called Jihadism, which not only wishes a particularly repressive version of Islamic Law to be instituted, but believes that violence in defense of the faith is the preferred way to do this. Jihadism, like Islamism, is a political ideology rooted in Islamic religious concepts, but distorted. The distortion here is that there are many ways to advocate on behalf of the faith and the choice to exclusively use violence is a misinterpretation of the doctrine.

ISIL used to have links to al-Qaeda before al-Qaeda condemned them for their barbarity. They are fighting to bring the Sunni majority into power, especially in Sunni majority regions of both Syria and Iraq, and impose a more fundamentalist view on politics and religion. They consider themselves to be fighting the injustices and violence of the current Assad regime and the inequalities of the US-supported Government of Iraq. They intend to restart a new Caliphate or Islamic State which will reconquer all territories that were under the authority of Muslim-majority states at some point in history.

Islam is a religion, not a government, that currently represents over 1.6 billion people and has several general requirements, such as the required belief and testimony that there is only one God (Shahada) and prayer to him (Salaat), that money should given to the poor (Zakaat), that a pilgrimage should be made to Mecca (Hajj), that people should reflect and fast for one month (Ramadan), and that people should rise in both spiritual and physical defense of the faith (Jihad). Most Muslims practice these general tenets along with a much more expansive Islamic Law which mandates certain benefits and punishments. Most Islamic scholars will tell you immediately that the Qur'an and Hadith never provide an exact roadmap as to what form of government should be in place and are open to any form of government as long as the government rules in accordance with Islamic Law. Since this one caveat exists, most Islamic States throughout history have had certain theocratic aspects even though the leadership was autocratic and monarchical.

If we switch gears and talk about Islamism, often called Political Islam, we are speaking about a particular political ideology, and not the religion. Islamism has the stated goal is of bringing the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws in a direct manner (as opposed to the indirect manner achieved in many pre-modern Islamic States). Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey, but others are motivated by the idea of a global Islamic Caliphate, like al-Qaeda and ISIL. In any case, Islamism is clearly THEOCRATIC.

The Islamic State (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), known as ad-Dawla al-Eslamiyya al-3iraaq w'ash-Shaam (الدولة الإسلامية العراق والشام) or the acronym Daa3esh (داعش) in Arabic, is an extremist SUNNI ISLAMIST organization. The primary goal of Islamic State is to use military force to unite the regions that have historically been ruled by Muslims into one unified Caliphate or theocratic country ruled by Islamic Clerics. They are fighting to bring the Sunni majority into power, especially in Sunni-majority regions of both Syria and Iraq, and impose a more fundamentalist view on politics. They consider themselves to be fighting the injustices and violence of the current Assad regime and the inequalities of the US-supported Government of Iraq.

It is important to clarify what Islamism is. While Islam is a religion (delineated by particular prayers, beliefs about God, and guidance for interpersonal interactions) Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamic State practices a particularly violent form of Islamism called Jihadism, which not only wishes a particularly repressive version of Islamic Law to be instituted, but believes that violence in defense of the faith is the preferred way to do this. Jihadism, like Islamism, is a political ideology rooted in Islamic religious concepts, but distorted. The distortion here is that there are many ways to advocate on behalf of the faith and the choice to exclusively use violence is a misinterpretation of the doctrine.

Isis, as both the Egyptian goddess and the current Islamic State have absolutely no relevance to "Hebrew Society" be it Ancient Israelites or Modern Israelis.

Isis as a goddess was part of the Egyptian pantheon of gods. The Israelites did not consistently worship "Yahweh", but the other gods that were sometimes worshiped, like Baal, Asherah, El Elyon, etc. were from the Levantine pantheon of gods, ones that were shared among Canaanites, Arameans, and Phoenicians. Isis had no relevance to Israelites.

Islamic State, more properly titled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ad-Dawla al-Eslamiyya al-3iraaq w'ash-Shaam (الدولة الإسلامية العراق والشام) or the acronym Daa3esh (داعش) in Arabic, is an extremist Sunni Islamist organization. It is important to clarify what Islamism is. While Islam is a religion (as described above) Islamism is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamic State practices a particularly violent form of Islamism called Jihadism, which not only wishes a particularly repressive version of Islamic Law to be instituted, but believes that violence in defense of the faith is the preferred way to do this. Jihadism, like Islamism, is a political ideology rooted in Islamic religious concepts, but distorted. The distortion here is that there are many ways to advocate on behalf of the faith and the choice to exclusively use violence is a misinterpretation of the doctrine. They are fighting to bring the Sunni majority into power, especially in Sunni majority regions of both Syria and Iraq, and impose a more fundamentalist view on politics. They consider themselves to be fighting the injustices and violence of the current Assad regime and the inequalities of the US-supported Government of Iraq. Israel has absolutely nothing to do with these cretins and is quite fearful of them turning their attentions towards Israel should they be successful in controlling Iraq and Syria.