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<p>This article is about Islamism (or political Islam) as a challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Islamism is portrayed as an ideology that favors one specific religion as supreme and that is a threat to freedom of speech. The author makes a plea for distinguishing a. the religion of Islam, b. Muslims as a group, and c. the political ideology of Islamism. Regarding the dangers of Islamism, some sociological research about the convictions of Muslims is discussed (Koopmans, Esposito) and the most recent case from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg—<italic>E.S. v. Austria</italic> (2018: 38450/12)—is analysed, which renders all criticism of Islam and Islamism difficult, if not impossible.</p>
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This article is about Islamism (or political Islam) as a challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Islamism is portrayed as an ideology that favors one specific religion as supreme and that is a threat to freedom of speech. The author makes a plea for distinguishing a. the religion of Islam, b. Muslims as a group, and c. the political ideology of Islamism. Regarding the dangers of Islamism, some sociological research about the convictions of Muslims is discussed (Koopmans, Esposito) and the most recent case from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg—E.S. v. Austria (2018: 38450/12)—is analysed, which renders all criticism of Islam and Islamism difficult, if not impossible.

Islamism, Political Islam, and the Need for Critique

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This article is about Islamism (or political Islam) as a challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Islamism is portrayed as an ideology that favors one...

Islamism, Political Islam, and the Need for Critique

Publicado en línea: 22 oct 2021

Páginas: 69 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2021-0018

Palabras clave
Islamism, Religious terrorism, Theoterrorism, Freedom of Speech, Religious criticism, Islamophobia, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, (ECHR), Koopmans, Esposito

© 2021 Paul Cliteur, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Islamism, Political Islam, and the Need for Critique

Publicado en línea: 22 oct 2021

Páginas: 69 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2021-0018

Palabras claveIslamism, Religious terrorism, Theoterrorism, Freedom of Speech, Religious criticism, Islamophobia, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, (ECHR), Koopmans, Esposito

© 2021 Paul Cliteur, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Islamism, Religious terrorism, Theoterrorism, Freedom of Speech, Religious criticism, Islamophobia, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, (ECHR), Koopmans, Esposito