{"id":898,"date":"2013-01-28T02:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=898"},"modified":"2013-01-28T02:46:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T02:46:16","slug":"what-does-islamist-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2013\/01\/28\/what-does-islamist-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does “Islamist” Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Fahad Arman, writing for the Daily Kos<\/a>, “the word exists as a stealth slur. It is exists as a piece of coded language.”<\/p>\n

Read his entire essay here: ‘Islamist’ As Coded Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He points out that there is no parallel term for Christians (Christianist?), and posits that Islamist “actually means ‘Jihadi’, ‘Towelhead’, ‘Hajji’.”<\/p>\n

Do you agree with his assessment? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Fahad Arman, writing for the Daily Kos, “the word exists as a stealth slur. It is exists as a piece of coded language.” Read his entire essay here: ‘Islamist’ As Coded Language. 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