It is very important to get terminology right in life, particularly when talking about al-Islam, the deen of Allah. If we must use 'Islamist' in articles, then let's at least put them in inverted commas as Islam is not an 'ism' like other religions and ideologies. Therefore, those who - rightly - believe in the validity of Islam and the invalidity of Kufr in all its forms, such as Capitalism, Democracy, Liberalism and Christianity, should not be termed 'Islamists' by anybody, especially Muslims.

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India, Pakistan - we made some quite serious mistakes...We were complacent with what happened in Kashmir, the boundaries weren't published until two days after independence. Bad story for us, the consequences are still there... [In Afghanistan] we played less than a glorious role over a century and a half... The odd lines for Iraq's borders were drawn by Brits... The Balfour declaration and the contradictory assurances which were being given to Palestinians in private at the same time as they were being given to the Israelis - again an interesting story for us but not an entirely honourable one.
Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary