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Secret document reveals terms used by investigators
The “Secret” CSIS Glossary of TerrorRadicalization: “The process of moving from moderate, mainstream Islamic beliefs to a belief that violence can legitimately be used to promote a fundamentalist view of Islam and an intolerance of non-believers and impure Muslims.”
Fundamentalist: “Believes in the strict maintenance of the primary or original doctrine of any religion.”
Extremist: “Believes that violence is a legitimate means to advance a right, political goal or belief.”Islamist: “Believes that Islam must govern all aspects of one’s life (a belief shared by all practicing Muslims), but further believes that Sharia (Islamic) law is the only acceptable political, legal and social system under which Muslims should live. Islamists also share the Salafist belief that the only true Islam is that of the original leaders of the 7th century.”
Islamist Extremist: “Believes that violence is a legitimate means to advance the goal of returning to a 7th century political structure of Islam. This includes creating a Muslim caliphate, destroying Israel and removing the West and Western influence from Muslim countries.”
Salafist: “Muslims who reject innovation in religious matters or any doctrine that was formed after the first few generations of Islamic leaders are known as Salafists (derived from the Arabic phrase as salaf as salih, the righteous ancestors, a reference to Muhammad and the first four caliphs). Salafists consider the Quran and Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) directly and literally as the only pure form of Islam and do not necessarily espouse the use of violence to promote these views.”
Wahhabism: “A type of Salafism started in 18th century Arabia that is still practiced in Saudi Arabia today and spread worldwide by the Saudis. [It] is intolerant of other Muslims and sympathetic to the promotion of jihad.”
Jihad: “The term jihad refers both to an inner struggle to become a better Muslim and an outer struggle against Islam’s enemies. Islamist extremists use the term to define their fight against an outside threat — the West.”
Jihadist: “While an Islamist extremist commits to the use of or promotion of the use of violence (which includes propaganda, recruiting, planning or operating) to defend Islam from its perceived enemies, a jihadist actually engages in violence.”
Source: “The Radicalizers: The Islamist Extremist Threat to Canada From Within,” Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Dec. 15, 2006, SECRET.
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