Islamism seeks a comprehensive Islamic order opposed to Western secularism.

Evidence

Islamism arose in the twentieth century as Muslim reformers and organizations sought to create and implement a comprehensive social, economic, and political order rooted in Islam and in opposition to Western secularism. Already in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood emerged in Egypt as the first major Islamist organization, but it was not until the 1970s that political Islam became a major force in the Middle East. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 248

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gives a working definition of Islamism as a comprehensive order opposed to Western secularism.
• XREF: connects to: Fatwa support fed perceptions that Muslims reject Western secular principles — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 354; The West defined itself as the mirror opposite of the Muslim world. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 159; Islamism is a distinctly non-Western modernity that rejects rather than adapts Western discourse. — Fred Halliday, ‘Islamophobia’ Reconsidered, 25