islamist

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/ˈɪsləmɪst/

noun 3adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

against, armed, enough, far-right, long, many, moderate, political

VERB + ISLAMIST

created, don't, granted, lack, murdered, run, state, vote

ISLAMIST + NOUN

activists, attackers, extremist, extremists, groups, intolerance, kabyle, regime

PREP.

in, in

Definitions

noun

A Muslim.

A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.

A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.

adj

Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim.

Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.

I hope you good, loyal Americans understand that in the long run the Islamist extremists are going to win. Because you can't beat numbers, and you can't beat fanaticism—the willingness to die for an idea.

In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.

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Wiktionary

In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.

Wiktionary

Everything can and should be translated, including what far-right, racist or Islamist extremist groups don't like.

Tatoeba · #6969529

Mahfoud Boucebci was a great Kabyle psychiatrist murdered by Islamist terrorism in 1993.

Tatoeba · #7364060

Algerians are tired of Islamist violence.

Tatoeba · #7858429

Algerians have had enough of Islamist intolerance.

Tatoeba · #7858561

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