Islamism, also known as Political Islam (Arabic: islam siyasi), is an Islamic revival movement often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt "to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life." Islamism favors the reordering of government and society in accordance with the Shari'a. The different Islamist movements have been described as "oscillating between two poles": at one end is a strategy of Islamization of society through state power seized by revolution or invasion; at the other "reformist" pole Islamists work to Islamize society gradually "from the bottom up". The movements have "arguably altered the Middle East more than any trend since the modern states gained independence", redefining "politics and even borders" according to one journalist (Robin Wright).

Moderate and reformist Islamists who accept and work within the democratic process include parties like the Tunisian Ennahda Movement. Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan is basically a socio-political and democratic Vanguard party but has also gained political influence through military coup d'etat in past. The Islamist groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine participate in democratic and political process as well as armed attacks, seeking to abolish the state of Israel. Radical Islamist organizations like al-Qaeda and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and groups such as the Taliban, entirely reject democracy, often declaring as kuffar those Muslims who support it (see takfirism), as well as calling for violent/offensive jihad or urging and conducting attacks on a religious basis.

1. What is this also known as?
2. Do they want to keep their religion to themselves?
3. What do they want society to follow?
4. How many kinds of Islamism is there?
5. Have they been influential?
6. Where?
7. What is something they have upset?
8. What else?
9. According to who?
10. What was their name?
11. Are all of these people extremists?
12. What is a group that works democratically?
13. What is another?
14. Where is it from?
15. Are they non-militant?
16. What are more groups?
17. Where are they located?
18. Who else?
19. What do they want?
20. What are some radical groups?

Numbered answers:
1. Political Islam
2. No
3. the Shari'a
4. two
5. Yes
6. the Middle East
7. politics
8. borders
9. according to one journalist
10. Robin Wright
11. No
12. the Tunisian Ennahda Movement
13. Jamaat-e-Islami
14. Pakistan
15. No
16. Hezbollah
17. Lebanon
18. the Hamas
19. to abolish the state of Israel
20. al-Qaeda and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad