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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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Islamist/Muslim?

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12br 12blockquote 11font 01i 00American Heritage02i 00 lists "Islamist" as "offensive". Otherwise, the meanings must be quite similar. 02font 00 0-

  • 12br 12blockquote 11font 01i 00American Heritage02i 00 lists "Islamist" as "offensive".
  • Otherwise, the meanings must be quite similar.
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11font01i00American Heritage02i00 lists "Islamist" as "offensive". Otherwise, the meanings must be quite similar. Given the situation today, I have a feeling that
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00 A Muslim is an adherent of the religion called Islam. An Islamist is an adherent of Islamism, a political form of Islam with particular political goals. Some would say that Islamism is greatly influenced by extremist and fundamentalist ideas that do not necessarily represent what most Muslims believe. In the Western press, the term

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