The left is wrongly defending Islamism—an extremist and at times violent ideology—which it confuses with the common person’s Islam, while the right is often wrongly attacking the Muslim faith, which it confuses with Islamism. Western thinkers must begin to recognize the difference between Islamism and Islam, or we are headed toward an ideologically defined battle with one quarter of humanity.
Hayri Abaza and Soner Cagaptay in Newsweek
What do you think? Is the distinction a helpful way forward or a gross oversimplification?
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