Islamist

noun, adj — 5 senses

Islamist

noun

/ˈɪsləmɪst/ · /ˈɪzləmɪst/

Etymology From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

1

Archaic A Muslim.

2

A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.

3

A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.

Synonyms: Mohammedan, Muslimist, Islamicist, Quran thumper, Koran thumper, Koran basher, namazi, jihadi, jihadist
Derived terms: Pan-Islamist

Islamist

adj

Etymology From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

1

Dated Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim.

2

Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.

I hope you good, loyal Americans understand that in the long run the Islamist extremists are going to win. Because you can't beat numbers, and you can't beat fanaticism—the willingness to die for an idea.2004, George Carlin, “THE FANATICS WILL WIN”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 134:
In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:

Synonyms: Muslimistic
Related terms: Islamic fundamentalism, Islamicism

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