What Actually is Islamism? An Objective Guide

from Polymath · host Daniel Aaron Levy

What does it mean to be an Islamist and what do they want? What distinguishes Islamism from Islam? And is Islamism inherently violent? (no) And what are jihadism or fundamentalism?In this episode, we'll be answering all these questions and much more. Islamism is currently a politically charged topic, but as always on Polymath this video is free of opinions, biases, or political agendas. The only purpose of this video is to use real academic scholarship and political science to analyse this ideology in a neutral way.For more neutral explanations of political ideologies which draw on the social sciences rather than the arbitrary opinion of the presenter, feel free to check out my channel. Either way, however, enjoy!

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