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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 [[Muslim]]s 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 an(contracted; show full)

[[Olivier Roy]], a French policy advisor to President [[Jacques Chirac]], characterizes the goal of modern militant Islam as to re-establish a [[Caliphate]], or a single common government for Muslims all over the world.  This might resemble [[world government]] or the [[Roman Catholic]] hierarchy in certain respects
, but; however, since most Muslims are [[Sunni]] and reject the role of a formal clergy (unlike the [[Shia]] who embrace it) this seems to be unlikely), the actual implementation of such a regime would be complicated.

===More than "fundamentalism"===
[[Islamic fundamentalism]] is not, by definition, militant. In general, Islamic fundamentalists may have some degree of agreement or sympathy for Islamic militants, as there is likely to be some overlap of views between them. However, just an one may hold [[leftist]] views without advocating [[revolutionary]] [[Marxism]], there is a glaring difference between the two groups.

(contracted; show full)*[[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

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