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'''Militant Islam''' refers to the system of beliefs that holds that Islam must be aggressively fought for on a political and religious, either through violence or other methodis an approach to Islam that holds that the religion and its followers must be aggressively fought for on a political and religious level. Just as militant Muslims are but a segment of Islam, so too are supporters of violence and terrorism only a segment of all militant Muslims.   Designation of people as practitioners of militant Islam is often highly contentious. Critics of such designation often ascribe bias and/or prejudice to such use of the term. Just as militant Muslims are but a segment of Islam, so too are supporters of a terrorism and terrorists only a part of those Muslims who are militant.  

Groups advocating [[Islam as a political movement]] are invariably responding to complex political and historical situations, usually with deep roots in the local environment. For example, the rise of the conservative [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] party in [[Bangladesh]] would not have been possible without widespread public reaction against the corruption of the secular [[Awami League]] government in that country. But this complex local political history is completely lost in the simplistic reductionism of terms l(contracted; show full)

==See also==
* [[Islam as a political movement]]
* [[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]]