idea of islam islamism, which is to turn the religion into a totalitarian sort, and the roots of it span back many, many decades. this has been a long time growing. of course, not all islamists engage in violence. many islamists condemn violence. but the idealogy is an idealogy based on religious conviction. it's extensive in the sense that it has a global footprint. it's in many different parts of the world. it's grown over a long period of time, and in its most radical form, it espouses this violent riyadhism which justifies the killing of people, muslims who don't agree with them, those of us who live in different systems in pursuit of a cause which is basically to turn society, a country, its economy, its politics into a religious state