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Please define an "Islamist'

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in response to reader comment: Is Barack Hussein Obama a Crypto-Islamist?

Submitted by Mahfooz ur Rahman (Bangladesh), Feb 23, 2010 at 09:41

The Western media, including this blog, often refers to a person as an 'Islamist'. I also read here, that one blogger asked the rhetorical question as to if the current US President was a crypto- Ismalist. How does a true blue Islamist differ from a crypto one and vice versa. However, he did not mention, if the US President is indeed so, what penal process such as impeachment would follow or would not. How does the President be proved or not proved as an Islamist? Which authority in the US will frame the charge sheet and under what code or statute? Such questions boggle the mind of neutral readers from across the world.

Since this word appears to indicate a derogatory and an alarmist undertone at the least, I wonder what behavior pattern or any other character traits are signified by this term. It also signifies some form of criminality, such as a person has not been allowed entry into a Western country because he or she is reputed to be an 'Islamist.' Do the acts that purportedly turns one into an Islamist are contrary to the penal code of the country in question? Does a legal or at the least generally accepted definition exist?

Would the editors or anyone else using this term enlighten? Perhaps if so informed, one may avoid such acts and in turn save him/herself from being defined as an Islamist. If not, then this term will certainly mean nothing other than a figment of base propaganda and a concrete evidence of mass media ignorance.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Too many Muslims in President Obama's campaign [82 words]Kurt BaskingMar 28, 2010 01:23170705
Obamas anti Israel agenda [250 words]Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemiMar 26, 2010 18:20170650
What about this makes Rashad Hussain an Islamist? [30 words]Michael BrennerMar 15, 2010 10:10170172
Rashad Hussain's mindset [337 words]Jamal HasanFeb 28, 2010 11:47169489
Reportage [283 words]trans-parereFeb 26, 2010 11:14169410
Is Barack Hussein Obama a Crypto-Islamist? [67 words]Richard RheinerFeb 21, 2010 12:11169243
1Please define an "Islamist' [259 words]Mahfooz ur RahmanFeb 23, 2010 09:41169243
the unknown islamist's answer (and mine) to what is an islamist [148 words]mythFeb 23, 2010 15:13169243
What is an Islamist or crypto-Islamist. [151 words]Richard RheinerFeb 23, 2010 15:38169243
An Islamist defined [137 words]Kurt BaskingFeb 25, 2010 03:08169243
Yet to meet a Pakistani who considers America a friend [46 words]Kurt BaskingFeb 21, 2010 01:36169231
Sending anyone is a concession too far [71 words]S. HulbertFeb 20, 2010 11:15169211
Believe...? [95 words]clarence puckettFeb 18, 2010 01:17169105
Rashad Hussain's appointment is fundamentally problematic [169 words]Kurt BaskingFeb 18, 2010 01:03169104
It is interesting that Mr.Hussain said the criminal case was being used to squash dissent, there is no free speech in islamist areas ! [211 words]Phil GreendFeb 17, 2010 22:45169098
B.O. [102 words]Samuel StephensFeb 17, 2010 20:07169093
This is only one more anti-Semetic pick [78 words]Carolin CorenMar 1, 2010 13:48169093
Letter of Protest [41 words]Jim KnappFeb 17, 2010 18:19169087
Muslim Rashad Hussain [116 words]NariFeb 17, 2010 18:09169085
1Rashad Hussain!! He is a poor choice [513 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 17, 2010 18:00169083
Why should we believe any Islamist for that matter? [40 words]M.D.Feb 17, 2010 17:14169082
Publicize the concept of "Taqiyya". [99 words]Charles GriffithFeb 17, 2010 17:09169080
Something to hide [113 words]Rebecca MouldsFeb 17, 2010 15:47169072
Why believe Hussain? [38 words]Steve KleinFeb 17, 2010 15:28169067

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