What's the difference between Muslims and Islamists?

Answer 1

I don't know, not really interested.

I know there is only one true God : God the father, Almighty God in Heaven, Christ Jesus.

Answer 2

I'm not sure Islamist is actually a real term. Islam is the religion and a Muslim is the term used to describe those who follow the religion. In the same way that Judaism is the religion and Jew is somebody who follows Judaism.

Answer 3

Islamist is a word created by Western proraganda

Answer 4

I live in France. A few days ago, a french Muslim leader talked about what pope ben16 said. The muslim leader said that it was a pity that that pope can't even distinguish Islam from islamism.

- Islam = a monotheistic religion > Muslims;
- islamism = not a religion but a fanatical ideology > islamists.

Unfortunately, both words are very similar, so most of people mistake them.

It is often difficult to easily distinguish fanatics from balanced believers, in any kind of religious & spiritual movement.

Answer 5

Islam -- peace, obedience and submission
Islamism -- violence and opression

Muslim -- a person who has submitted to the will of God and walks in the path of God.
Islamist -- a person who is one sense is walking away from God.

Mus·lim (mzlm, mz-, ms-, ms-)
n.1. also Mos·lem (mzlm, ms-) A believer in or adherent of Islam.

Is·lam·ism (s-lämzm, z-, sl-, z-)
n.1. An Islamic revivalist movement, often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life.
2. The religious faith, principles, or cause of Islam.

a muslim follows what he needs to follow and what his Allah commands him to and lives peacefully with the community while the islamists are extremists who create new Bi'dah(Innovations) and go to extremes.

Answer 6

A Muslim is a member of the Islamic faith.

Islamism is used to describe political ideologies expressed in the language of Islam. Islamism is the new term for Islamic Fundamentalism, which was criticized (as a term) for borrowing from the Western experience of Christian Fundamentalism.

Answer 7

Muslims believe in God they call Allah, obey and follow him and submit or surrender themselves totally to his will.
In practice Muslims fulfill their pillars of faith.

The Islamists are the radical muslims who believe that they can change the world for Allah if they use Islam as their means of espousing and executing terrorism. Fundamentalism is their issue but it is actually radicalism because fundamentalism bears the tenet of peace which their Prophet Muhammed preaches.

Answer 8

A Muslims is one who has surrendered to God's will in Islam. It is the only correct word for describing a true follower of Islam.

Islamist is a made up word... made up probably by ignorant western media outlets. It's generally considered an offensive word.

Answer 9

muslims: u know its meaning!!
islamists: is a word invented by western imperialists to make ppl hate islam.....look at it in that way : islam ISTS means the ones who r using islam for terrorist reason r following the real islam ....and that is totally incorrect concept

Answer 10

Muslims are those whose religion is Islam and they followers of Islam.

Islamists is so called extremists who are creating their own rules under the cover of Islam. Actually they are wrong in their deeds and condemned by true muslims.

Answer 11

A muslim is the one following the pure religion, islaam. An islamist is one who uses islaam as a force .thEY ARE EXTREMISTS and are not muslims.They just like killing