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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)lems of the modern secular world.  It is worth noting that many aspects of a wide variety of movements, including [[Baptist]], [[Mennonite]], [[Quaker]], [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]], [[Zionism|Zionist]], [[Wahhabism|Wahabist]], could be said to be fundamentalist, and perhaps even "out of touch."  But regardless of the term's implications, what fundamentalists do 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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The term [[Islamist]] was at first used to describe those who took [[Islam]] to be, as it always was, a [[political philosophy]] - but was quickly co-opted by those who attached the above labels to invent.  A variety of labels have grown from theis terms, from ''radical Islamist'', to ''fundamentalist Islam'' andto ''Islamofascist'', none of which have much merit other than making it clear that those who use it to defame the movement must  dislike extreme solutions, reference to old books, or strong central government with religious leanings, respectively.  In general these terms shed more heat than lightall with varying degrees of critical tone and accuracy.

==20th century militant movements==
Given the variety of the movements, and their varying goals, it is almost always advisable when referring to a specific [[political movement]], to avoid generalizations and refer to it by its name.

(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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