Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or relating to Islam.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to Islamism.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or supporting Islamism
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Examples
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He claimed that at least three different groups are involved in the protests, one of which he described as "islamic".
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He claimed that at least three different groups are involved in the protests, one of which he described as "islamic".
The Guardian World News Ben Quinn 2011
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January 27th, 2009 at 8: 10 pm the islamic courts were doing just fine in stablizing the country, werent they? but anything islamic is definitely not the flavor of the day, so the islamic courts were run out of town and a puppet from puntland was installed in a new, and phony, government.
Somalia Ruined: Intervention Fails Again « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Repubiclan extremism and religious extremism – be it Christian fundamentalist or islamic is going the the way of the dodo in a world moving towards harmony and peace.
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But as Kranz notes, you have the case of articles that do raise issues about women in islamic countries but that have a significant component of Western bashing.
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Contrast that against how christian and jewish minorities are currently treated in islamic countries in the 21st century.
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For years the israelis and the americans have bullhorn yelled about the horrific treatment of democracy and peace activists in islamic countries – only to turn around and be as obscene and inhumane as those islamic dictatorship!
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The fact that our support, and sell weapons to (particularly republicans) of fascist dictators in islamic countries is also a good start.
Think Progress » Rice: After 9-11 “We Could Decide the Proximate Cause Was Al Qaeda†2005
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The widespread acceptance of the more extreme ideologies in islamic religion are killing any discussion about higher values.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Graham on Torture and the Geneva Convention: 2005
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Women have far fewer rights in islamic nations than blacks had in aparteid South Africa.
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