Islamofascism

/ ˌɪzlɑːməˈfæʃɪsm /

noun

1. an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism

Other Word Forms

• Islamofascist adjective

Example Sentences

“My friend Salman Rushdie, one of the bravest men I know, a man who has stood up to the most evil form of Islamofascism, writes to me every single day, encouraging patience,” Kureishi wrote in one Twitter post.

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The Russian bear has long guaranteed, more reliably than "Islamofascism" or China, income, and identity to many in the military-industrial and intellectual-industrial complex.

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The show’s geopolitical analysis posits Western Islamophobia as one instigator of Middle Eastern Islamofascism; diagnosing a global epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder, it forbids jingoism.

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The Freedom Center stepped up its anti-Islamic rhetoric, sponsoring an “Islamofascism Awareness Week” on college campuses.

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At Duke, Horowitz recruited Miller to establish a “Terrorism Awareness Project” that aimed to correct what he saw as academia’s insufficient interest in “Islamofascism.”

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