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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A specialist in the study of Islam.
  • noun A member or supporter of an Islamic revivalist movement; an Islamist.

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Examples

  • Mr. Carafano said he sympathized with the desire "to separate the act of terror from the religion" of Islam, but he said there was a straightforward solution: The word Islamicist or Islamist - as used by Ms. Collins.

    Newsmax - Inside Cover 2010

  • '' Islamicist '' usually refers to a western-trained academic who studies Islam, but is sometimes used synonymously with "Islamist."

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

  • And the Saudi royalty are in bed with the ultra-orthodox radical Wahibbist religious fanatics who actually rule Saudi Arabian society with an iron Islamicist blood-stained fist, which spawned Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda and 15 of the 9/11 hijackers who murdered almost 3,000 innocent U.S. citizens.

    Think Progress » Conservative Activists Rebel Against Fox News: Saudi Ownership Is ‘Really Dangerous For America’ 2010

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

  • Somehow no outrage over that, surprise surprise, from the Arabist, Islamicist sympathetic media and academia.

    Think Progress » Lieberman Claims That Settlements Are Not A Major ‘Obstacle To An Israeli-Palestinian Peace’ 2010

  • Islamicist scholar Ira M. Lapidus informs us that religious and political life developed distinct spheres of experience that, since the 10th century, governments in Islamic lands were largely secular sultanates, fully differentiated political regimes without any intrinsic religious character, though officially loyal to Islam and committed to its defense.

    G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers G. Roger Denson 2010

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