Islamist
Meanings
Noun
- A Muslim.
- A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.
- A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.
Adjective
- Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim.
- Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.
Related
Similar words
- Mohammedan , Muslimist
- Islamicist
- Quran thumper, Koran thumper, Koran basher, namazi (India)
- Muslimistic
Origin
- From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.
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