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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)o local conditions (the ''[[al-urf]]'' or custom of each region), had a role to play in resisting [[colonialism]] - this is the origin of Islam as a militant and "underdog" faith to motivate resistance to some ruling authority which is not Muslim or adhering to [[Islam]].  The [[Ottoman Empire]] was marked by such conflicts, and the [[British Empire]], as there were typically a number of Muslims in rebellion against either at any one time, using Islam to justify their actions.
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[[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; however, since most Muslims are [[Sunni]] and reject the role of a formal clergy (unlike the [[Shia]]), the actual implementation of such a regime would be complicated.

(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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