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BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hello to all the readers of the new Standpoint blog.<\/p>\n

This particular blog will focus on the\u00a0issues surrounding Islamist activity both in the UK and abroad.\u00a0\u00a0Islamism, also known as political Islam, is not to be confused with Islam the religion.\u00a0The former is a political\u00a0ideology rooted in a literal and puritanical interpretation of the latter (specifically Saudi Arabia\u2019s Wahhabi-Salafi creed),\u00a0usually devoted to creating a \u2018perfect Islamic society\u2019 under sharia law.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

It is the ideology of Islamism which is the primary root cause of jihadist terror, and the proponents and apologists of this ideology\u00a0must be discredited and resisted in a liberal and just manner.\u00a0This can be difficult,\u00a0because those who dare to do so\u00a0are\u00a0often branded as \u2018Islamophobes\u2019.<\/p>\n

I have a special interest in Islamist pressure groups, which seek to\u00a0move the discourse on terrorism and radicalisation towards discussions of how liberal democracies can adapt themselves to Islamist ideals, and alter their policies in order to appease terrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through this blog, I hope to expose and analyse both how various Islamist groups operate and also the approach taken by the government in either supporting or opposing them.\u00a0 I will also cover in particular the two prototypical Islamist groups, the Jamaat e-Islami and the Muslim Brotherhood, and attempt to\u00a0 give readers a good grasp on why these groups are a threat and how they can be opposed. <\/p>\n

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