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'''Militant Islam''' is a contentious term, often used by Western political commentators to describe the ideologies of groups viewed as participating in [[Islamic terrorism]]. In fact, these two terms share many of the same shortcomings. [[Muslims]] opposed to violent political agitation, and especially [[liberal movements within Islam]], find their implicit association of [[Islam]] with militancy and aggression to be unacceptable. However, the term has been used (contracted; show full)losely associated with American foreign policy, particularly through its support of the US liberation of [[Kuwait]] during the first Gulf War. Since Al-Qaida's ideology is one of pan-Islamic nationalism and solidarity, the Saudi regime was thereafter seen as insufficiently Islamic; although such a view is bewildering to Westerners, who cannot imagine anything more 'Islamic' than the country's [[Wahhabi]] brand of Islamic law. To Al-Qaida in particular, the world is viewed as a struggle 
asbetween their Islamic ideology versusand a secular Western ideology. TSome observers suggest that this view of the world has, ironically, been strengthened by the [[War on Terror]].



== Militancy as the defining attribute ==

=== No one doctrine ===

As scholars of this movement have carefully outlined, in a very great variety of works up to and through the [[1970s]], there is little tactically in common in the various movements that seek to apply [[Islam]] as a solution, or use its terms to rationalize their solutions, to issues in the modern [[Islamic World]].   The only two objective things that can be said about all of militant Islam i(contracted; show full)

==See also==

* [[List of Islamic terms in Arabic]]
* [[Jihad]]
* [[Qal3ah]], infamous for being the forums where announcements and discussions by Islamic extremists have taken place

[[Category:Islam]]