Islamism is a late entry in a century of anti-Western protest.

Evidence

Islamism is a form of protest – political and discursive – against external domination, just as Islamist movements within these societies are protests against social and political power that excludes them from power. It is important, however, and a point post-modernist friends of resistance too easily forget, to note that the Islamists are far from being the Žrst to contest the inequalities of modernity: nationalism on the one hand, and socialist, populist and communist movements on the other, have long contested Western hegemony. The twentieth century has been one of relentless denial of Western hegemony, long before Khomeini and the FIS appeared on the scene. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 59

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s study of Islamophobia definitional camps — this reframes the object of the term (political protest rather than religious identity), which matters to whether ‘Islamophobia’ vs ‘anti-Muslimism’ is the right label. — connects to: Islamism is a distinctly non-Western modernity that rejects rather than adapts Western discourse. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 25; Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 182; Islamist movements were politically marginal for the first century and a half — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 308 (+2 more)
• SEED: Angle: a corrective essay on how ‘political Islam’ is routinely narrated as a post-1979 novelty when it continues decades of secular anti-colonial protest — a continuity the West’s framing erases.

Related

• Islamism is a distinctly non-Western modernity that rejects rather than adapts Western discourse. (similarity 0.90)
• Islamophobia is rooted in centuries of religion-politics-warfare conflict (similarity 0.84)
• Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy (similarity 0.83)
• Western hostility to Islam shifted from theological to political rationales across the centuries (similarity 0.83)
• Islamism seeks a comprehensive Islamic order opposed to Western secularism. (similarity 0.83)
• The fear of Islam intensified amid Ottoman decline and colonial expansion (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia has been present in Western discourse since the Middle Ages, when negative stereotypes about Muslims helped build support for the Crusades and rationalized European colonial domination. (similarity 0.82)
• Critical scrutiny must extend to Islamist movements themselves, not only their oppressors. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia has become the dominant prejudice in Western societies (similarity 0.81)
• Islamist movements were politically marginal for the first century and a half (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia functions as a screen hiding Western geopolitical responsibility (similarity 0.81)
• Western attitudes to Islam have shifted across history rather than forming a constant clash. (similarity 0.81)
• Political Islam filled the vacuum left by exhausted secular ideologies (similarity 0.81)
• Political Islam’s rise stems from modern politics, not seventh-century Islam (similarity 0.81)
• Contemporary meanings of Islam are framed by atavistic historical precedents (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Islamism is a distinctly non-Western modernity that rejects rather than adapts Western discourse. #expands (0.90) — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 25
• Contemporary anti-Western sentiment and Western Islamophobia both stem from the colonial legacy #contradicts (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 182
• Islamist movements were politically marginal for the first century and a half #corroborates (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 308
• Islamism rose from secular nationalist failure, left weakness, and economic crises #expands (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 323
• Islamophobia is rooted in centuries of religion-politics-warfare conflict #contradicts (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 164