Islamism as a political ideology

Islamism is an ultra-religious, ultra-conservative ideology that rejects human rights, modernism and achievements such as parliamentarism and equality. Nevertheless, it also finds apologists in Germany. An answer to my critics.

Islamism is one of the greatest challenges to democracy today. Not because Islamist groups necessarily threaten violence, but because the goal of Islamist movements is always the establishment of a state governed by Islamic law. Young people are specifically recruited; quite a few end up becoming radicals. Islamist movements exploit democratic freedoms with the goal of ultimately abolishing precisely this democracy and civil liberties. Women's r…