Islamism, radical islam, jihadism : the problem of language and islamophobia

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Paul, Hedges
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2015
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99550; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38605

There are problems with terms used to discuss religiously justified violence, like Islamism, Radical Islam, Jihadism, etc. They may provide legitimacy to terrorists, increase Islamophobia, and distort or misrepresent the actions and ideologies they seek to describe.