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Islamism is a group of ideologies that say that Islamic nations should be run by sharia (Islamic laws). Generally, it is the idea that Islam should guide both society and politics, as well as people's personal lives. Important people who have inspired Islamist movements include Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Malcolm X, Ayatollah Khomeini, Sayyid Qutb, Muhammad Iqbal.

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  • Char Etat islamique Raqqa

    Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, Syria, 2014

  • HypnoDude

    Jamal-al-Din al-Afghani

  • Sayyid Qutb

    Sayyid Qutb

  • Necmettin-Erbakan

    Necmettin Erbakan, elected in 1996, was the second Islamist Prime Minister of Turkey after Şemsettin Günaltay, but was removed from power by a "postmodern coup d'état" in 1997.

  • Territoires de l'Etat islamique juin 2015

    ISIL's territory, in grey, at the time of its greatest territorial extent in May 2015

  • 2012 Sydney Islamic protests

    Salafi-Islamist protest against anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims in Sydney, 15 September 2012

  • Reagan sitting with people from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region in February 1983

    Afghan mujahideen representatives with President Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1983.

  • آخوند ملا کاظم خراسانی

    Muhammad Kazim Khurasani (Persian: محمد کاظم خراسانی; 1839 – 12 December 1911), commonly known as Akhund Khurasani (Persian: آخوند خراسانی) is one of the greatest theorists of Usuli Shi'ism in modern times.

  • Akhund Khurasani, Mirza Husayn Tehrani, and Abdullah Mazandarani

    The trio: (left to right) Akhund Khurasani, Mirza Husayn Tehrani and Abdullah Mazandarani

  • Sayyed Mohsen Hakim 05

    Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim (Arabic: سيد محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was a student of Akhund Khurasani.

  • Sayyid Qutb

    Sayyid Qutb (Arabic: سيد إبراهيم حسين قطب; 1906 – 1966) was an Egyptian Sunni islamist author and a leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s.

  • Mohammad Hadi Milani (1791)

    Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Hadi al-Milani (Persian: سيد محمد هادى حسينى ميلانی; July 1, 1895 – August 7, 1975) was a student of Ayatullah Na'ini.

  • Dr Ali Shariati

    Ali Shariati (Persian: علی شریعتی مزینانی; 1933 – 1977).

  • Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (7738)

    Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei (Persian: سید ابوالقاسم خویی), 1992-1899 was a student of Ayatullah Na'ini.

  • Roollah-khomeini

    Ruhollah Khomeini(Persian: سید روح الله خمینی), anti-secularist leader of Islamic Revolution of Iran was a student of a mystic Sheikh, Muhammad Ali Shah-Abadi.

  • Morteza Motahhari (1659)

    Murtaza Mutahhari (Persian: مرتضی مطهری; 31 January 1919 – 1 May 1979) was a moderate islamist. He believed that a jurist only had a supervisory role and was not supposed to govern.

  • Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari - March 1982 (cropped)

    Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (Persian: سید محمد کاظم شریعتمداری), 5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986, died under house arrest.

  • KhomeiniRajai32

    Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran with Ahmad Khomeini and Mohammad-Ali Rajai.

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