Synonyms for Islamist
is·lamist

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1. Islamistnoun

   Synonyms:
   Mohammedan, Islamicist

2. Islamistnoun

   Motivated by Islamic beliefs, particularly in the political sphere (e.g. a supporter of the introduction of sharia law).

   Synonyms:
   Islamicist, Mohammedan

3. Islamistnoun

   Relating to Islam, particularly orthodox Islam.

   Synonyms:
   Islamicist, Mohammedan

4. Islamistnoun

   A Muslim, particularly an orthodox Muslim.

   Synonyms:
   Mohammedan, Islamicist

Princeton's WordNet

1. Islamistnoun

   a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies

2. Islamistnoun

   an orthodox Muslim

Matched Categories

1. • Muslim
   • Scholar

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1. List of paraphrases for "islamist":

   islamists, islamic, islamicist, muslim, islam, islami

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1. Michael Kugelman:

   This ISIS-Taliban joint attack represents a nightmare scenario come true. The Taliban and ISIS are widely understood to be foes, not friends, because of the Taliban’s close alliance with Al Qaeda — a bitter rival of ISIS. And yet Islamist terror groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region are all cut from the same basic ideological cloth.

2. Avijit Roy:

   Islamist radicals are behind my son's murder, we mourn but we are not out.

3. Justin Logan:

   If the goal were to stay until radical Islamist resistance in Afghanistan was defeated, we would be there forever.

4. Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov:

   I think Islamist propaganda will now exploit Khalimov's example in full.

5. Michael McCaul:

   This is a great victory for the radical Islamist jihad world, and they will gain momentum from this.