jihadism
Armed Islamic ideology
Jihadism is a militant Islamic ideology that advocates armed struggle to establish religious governance or defend Muslim lands.
The term derives from jihad, an Arabic word for struggle that in mainstream Islam often refers to spiritual self-improvement.
Jihadism specifically denotes the violent interpretation embraced by groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS: The attack was linked to jihadism.
Western usage sometimes applies the label broadly to any Islamic militancy, which critics argue conflates distinct movements and motivations.
Countering extremist indoctrination
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- drone strikesUnmanned aircraft weapon deployment
- renditionPerformed version of work
- GuantanamoUS base in Cuba
counterinsurgency · intelligence · sanctions · watchlist · extremism · radicalization · recruitment · propaganda
Ultraconservative Sunni movement
Islamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- Boko HaramNigerian jihadist organization
- Al-ShabaabSomali terrorist organization
deradicalization
Countering extremist indoctrination
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- drone strikesUnmanned aircraft weapon deployment
- renditionPerformed version of work
Guantanamo · counterinsurgency · intelligence · sanctions · watchlist · extremism · radicalization · recruitment · propaganda · lone wolf
Salafism
Ultraconservative Sunni movement
9/11
2001 terrorist attacks
- London bombingsUK capital terror attacks
- Charlie Hebdo
Al-Qaeda
Islamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- Boko HaramNigerian jihadist organization
Osama bin Laden
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- radicalismradical, extremism, radicalism, militancy, fanaticism
- Terrorismterrorism, terror cell, suicide bomber, suicide bombing, suicide attack
- extremismextremism, extremists, fanaticism, radicalism, radicalization
- IslamismIslamism, Salafism, Wahhabism, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas
- radicalizationextremism, indoctrination, radicalism, fundamentalism, fanaticism
jihadismpacifism
Antiwar moral stance
nonviolence · Sufism · religious tolerance · interfaith dialogue · quietism
jihadismpacifism
Antiwar moral stance
nonviolence · democratic participation · peaceful resistance · civil disobedience · gradualism
jihadismsecularism
Separation of faith, state
pluralism · secular humanism · liberalism · humanism · cosmopolitanism