Islamism
E166520
Islamism is a political and ideological movement that seeks to organize society and government according to Islamic principles and law.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Islamism canonical | 35 |
| Pan-Islamism | 2 |
| Islamic Republic ideology | 1 |
| Islamic fundamentalism | 1 |
| Jamaat-e-Islami (ideological parallels) | 1 |
| Muslim nationalism | 1 |
| Pan-Islamist | 1 |
| Shia Islamism | 1 |
| Sunni Islamism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1454951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Islamism Context triple: [Palestinian national movement, hasIdeologicalCurrent, Islamism]
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A.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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B.
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a conservative, puritanical Islamic reform movement originating in 18th-century Arabia that advocates a strict, literalist interpretation of Sunni Islam and has deeply shaped the religious foundations of modern Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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D.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928, known for its influential role in Middle Eastern politics and advocacy of governance based on Islamic principles.
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E.
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is one of the two main branches of Islam, distinguished by its belief in the spiritual and political leadership of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, particularly Ali and his descendants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Islamism Target entity description: Islamism is a political and ideological movement that seeks to organize society and government according to Islamic principles and law.
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A.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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B.
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a conservative, puritanical Islamic reform movement originating in 18th-century Arabia that advocates a strict, literalist interpretation of Sunni Islam and has deeply shaped the religious foundations of modern Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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D.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928, known for its influential role in Middle Eastern politics and advocacy of governance based on Islamic principles.
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E.
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is one of the two main branches of Islam, distinguished by its belief in the spiritual and political leadership of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, particularly Ali and his descendants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political ideology
ⓘ
religious ideology ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
implement Islamic law in government
ⓘ
organize society according to Islamic principles ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
al-Qaeda
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Qaeda
Ennahda Movement ⓘ Hamas ⓘ Hezbollah ⓘ Hizb ut-Tahrir ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Jamaat-e-Islami ⓘ Justice and Development Party ⓘ
surface form:
Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Muslim Brotherhood ⓘ Taliban ⓘ |
| basedOn | Islam ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
authoritarian tendencies
ⓘ
gender inequality in law and practice ⓘ restrictions on civil liberties ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Islamic governance
ⓘ
application of sharia ⓘ tawhid ⓘ
surface form:
hakimiyya (sovereignty of God)
ummah as a political community ⓘ |
| hasDebateOn |
compatibility with democracy
ⓘ
role of violence in political change ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
apply sharia in public and private life
ⓘ
establish an Islamic state ⓘ resist Western cultural influence ⓘ strengthen Islamic identity in society ⓘ unify Muslims politically ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Jihadist Islamism
ⓘ
Muslim Brotherhood–inspired Islamism ⓘ Salafi jihadism ⓘ
surface form:
Salafi Islamism
Islamism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shia Islamism
Islamism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Islamism
Wahhabism ⓘ
surface form:
Wahhabi Islamism
moderate Islamism ⓘ parliamentary Islamism ⓘ radical Islamism ⓘ revolutionary Islamism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic reform movements of the 19th century
ⓘ
Salafi theology ⓘ
surface form:
Salafism
Wahhabism ⓘ anti-colonial movements ⓘ modernist Islamic thought ⓘ pan-Islamism ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
segments of Muslim populations in North Africa
ⓘ
segments of Muslim populations in South Asia ⓘ segments of Muslim populations in the Middle East ⓘ |
| uses | sharia as a primary legal reference ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Islamism Description of subject: Islamism is a political and ideological movement that seeks to organize society and government according to Islamic principles and law.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jamaat-e-Islami (ideological parallels)
this entity surface form:
Pan-Islamism
this entity surface form:
Islamic Republic ideology
this entity surface form:
Muslim nationalism
subject surface form:
Masyumi
this entity surface form:
Islamic fundamentalism
this entity surface form:
Sunni Islamism
this entity surface form:
Shia Islamism
this entity surface form:
Pan-Islamism
this entity surface form:
Pan-Islamist
subject surface form:
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