Islamic extremism
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Islamic extremism refers to two related and partially overlapping but also distinct aspects of extremist interpretations and pursuits of Islamic ideology:
- an extremely conservative view of Islam, which doesn't necessarily entail violence even though it may have an emphasis on Jihad; see Islamic fundamentalism, and
- the use of extreme tactics such as bombing and assassinations for achieving perceived Islamic goals; see Jihadism.
Zeyno Baran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute, argues Islamist extremism and Islamism are better terms, to distinguish the political ideology from the religion.
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See also
- Islamism
- Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of thwarted Islamist terrorist attacks
- Religious fanaticism#Islam
- Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria
- Islamic extremism in the United States
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Islamic terrorism
- Islamic extremism in Mali
- Radicalization
- 20th-century radical Islam in Egypt#Islamic extremism in the media
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Violent extremism
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