Example sentences for: islamists

How can you use “islamists” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Al Qaeda helped Jemaah Islamiya (JI), a nascent organization headed by Indonesian Islamists with cells scattered across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

  • In Algeria, where in 1991 Islamists seemed almost certain to win power through the ballot box, the military preempted their victory, triggering a brutal civil war that continues today.

  • Mahfuz's secular liberalism so enraged Egypt's Islamists that one fanatic knifed the old man, paralyzing his writing hand.

  • Furthermore Islamists define themselves as 'Islamiyyoun/Islamists' precisely to differentiate themselves from 'Muslimun/Muslims.

  • If the spiritual leader views the election result as a threat to his own authority, he could side with hard-line Islamists to thwart reform initiatives.


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