Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a
Islamists' public demonstration in the United Kingdom for sharia, October 2009
Islamist demonstrators carry signs reading "Islam will dominate the world" and "To hell with democracy" in Maldives, September 2014
Al-Manār magazine, the most popular 20th century Islamic journal that called for the restoration of Caliphate
Algerian secularist journalist Tahar Djaout was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group
The Society of the Muslim Brothers, better known as the Muslim Brotherhood, is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna i
The founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna
A gathering of senior youth scouts (jawala, lit. "travellers") in the 1940s.
Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb, who was executed in 1966
Then-U.S. secretary of state John Kerry meeting with then-Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, May 2013