I guess you underatood it and rest of Muslims are jahil and do not understand. So Islamism is what TTP and AQ are now! Thankyou for revealing your self so clearly.
Where did I say that phrase? On one hand you're virtue signalling using Islam and on the other you are strawmanning and claiming things which were never said. I don't know if you intentionally made this statement or erred, but please
QUOTE me exactly where I have said the above in bold.
Previously western leaders used to attach an unfavorable adjective to Islam like “Radical“ Islam - which was also wrong and was dropped during Obama admin after pressure from Muslims for a long time - but now its just Islamism.
I also live in the West and I've defended Islam and Muslims from Islamophobes more times than I can count. And I've been around these sorts of debates and discussion enough to know what the word 'Islamism' means as applied by western media and the multiple debates around Islam in the west.
As an example, this is from google:
Islamist
/ˈɪzləmɪst/
noun
- an advocate or supporter of Islamic militancy or fundamentalism.
"radical Islamists"
adjective
- relating to, advocating, or supporting Islamic militancy or fundamentalism.
"hardline Islamist groups"
Does TTP fit the bill of this definition, according to you? If not, why not? On the words macron said about Islamism, I'm looking for his full speech but all I've found is some remarks on Islamism with the context of Charlie Hebdo, failure to integrate, this teacher's beheading, multiple other terror attacks in France. I can tell you from experience even in my personal debates, I've drawn a distinction between Islamism and Islamic faith in any other form it manifests itself in the West. We can have secularist Muslims, conservative Muslims, traditionalist Muslims, Muslims who only see their faith as their private matter, etc., and islamism means something else here.
Maybe my english is weak but an -ism is the practice of a certain belief or philosophy. For example Capitalism, Socialism, Buddhism, - you cant say “Capitalism is evil” and then pretend its not referring to a Capitalist financial system. Islam is a religion and the practice of it can be called Islamism.
Here let me help you: Imagine Fayaz Chohan of your favorite party PTI says in a speech that Hinduism is not welcome in our society - Now just replace Chohan with Macron and Hindusim with Islamism; does your fake liberal self-hating a** get it now?
Your English is fine, but perhaps you and others are lacking the context in which the word Islamism is used often here. People here don't always apply the dictionary definition and use it to describe for example "islamist terror attacks" without attacking the religion or peaceful followers.
As for the last part, please show me where Macron said that
Islam (Not Islamism) is not welcome in French society? If he said 'Islam is not welcome', then he is utterly and undeniably an Islamophobe and his comment would be bigotry and generalization. However, if he is specifically targeting an ideology that he sees responsible for multiple attacks and tensions, that he views as a subsect of Islam, then it's fair in my view given the context.
Last thing I want to say, some folks on this forum are too touchy about some subjects. Whether its politics or subjects like this, people immediately jump to the worst conclusions and start assuming bad intent in the who they are talking to. A mature discussion requires careful reading and empathetic analysis of the other side.
