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'''Militant Islam''' is 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 t(contracted; show full)ily to include [[Baptist]], [[Mennonite]], [[Quaker]], [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]], [[Zionism|Zionist]], [[Wahhabism|Wahabist]], and many others, came into fashion in the [[1980s]].  It had then, and still has, no integrity as an academic term, as the fundamentals in play in each such movement are different:  all they have in common is resistance to a secular [[global political monoculture]] that seemed to be in ascendance at that time.

=== More than "radical" ===
The use of the term [[
Radicalism|radical]] came into use likewise, earlier, in the [[1960s]], to characterize anyone whose opinion was not in line with those reported in [[mass media]] or held by major [[political party]] leaders.  This too had little consistency and implied nothing about actions taken.

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==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]]