Synonyms for islamist
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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

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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. Yilmaz Esmer:

   This is by all counts an Islamist party, and therefore it's not going to be easy for it to be a member of the coalition against ISIS and at the same time keep their deeply felt ideology.

3. Joshua Landis:

   Two years ago they were fighting each other, now they are fighting together. Moreover there is a major shift in the regional issue in Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. I think they are preparing something and helping indirectly with weapons, training, and backing. this allows him to coordinate with Turkey and Qatar taking down Assad, even if it means arming Nusra and other Islamist forces.

4. The German report:

   The followers of Islamist-terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah striving for the abolition of the Jewish State of Israel are focused on their regions of origin, which is where they commit most of their terrorist acts of violence.

5. Robert Pittenger:

   These revelations are shocking and infuriating, while American soldiers were bravely fighting ISIS terrorists, with some paying the ultimate price, the Obama administration reportedly was protecting Hezbollah terrorists who were funding themselves by trafficking illegal drugs. No wonder President Obama couldn’t bring himself to call them ‘Radical Islamist Terrorists.’.