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''This page and [[Islam as a political movement]] were proposed (''by whom?'') as a replacement for [[Islamism]] which is [[NPOV dispute|disputed]].  This page was listed on [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion|Votes for deletion]] on September 18 2003 but not deleted. See [[Talk:Militant Islam/Delete]] for the discussion. This and [[Islamism]] has been protected, by those who advocate the POV of [[Islamism]].  See [[Talk:Militant Islam/Delete]] for discussion.''

'''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 so widely in the print and broadcast media that it is difficult to avoid, and so some elaboration of it is necessary.

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 th(contracted; show full)*[[list of Islamic terms in Arabic]]
*[[jihad]]

== Sources ==

*[[G. H. Jansen]], ''Militant Islam'', [[1980]].

[[Category:Islam]]