Islamism, Political Islam, and the Need for Critique

This article is about Islamism (or political Islam) as a challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Islamism is portrayed as an ideology that favors one specific religion as supreme and that is a threat to freedom of speech. The author makes a plea for distinguishing a. the religion of Islam, b...

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Auteur principal: Cliteur, P. B. 1955- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2021
Dans: Perichoresis
Année: 2021, Volume: 19, Numéro: 3, Pages: 69-87
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
BJ Islam
TK Époque contemporaine
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B Esposito
B Islamism
B (ECHR)
B Theoterrorism
B Religious criticism
B Religious terrorism
B Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff
B Islamophobia
B Koopmans
B Freedom of speech
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Résumé:This article is about Islamism (or political Islam) as a challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Islamism is portrayed as an ideology that favors one specific religion as supreme and that is a threat to freedom of speech. The author makes a plea for distinguishing a. the religion of Islam, b. Muslims as a group, and c. the political ideology of Islamism. Regarding the dangers of Islamism, some sociological research about the convictions of Muslims is discussed (Koopmans, Esposito) and the most recent case from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg—E.S. v. Austria (2018: 38450/12)—is analysed, which renders all criticism of Islam and Islamism difficult, if not impossible.
ISSN:2284-7308
Contient:Enthalten in: Perichoresis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2478/perc-2021-0018