'''Islamism''' is a [[government]]al system, specifically a [[theocracy]], in which the government is based on [[Islam]], such as in [[Iran]] or [[Taliban]] era [[Afghanistan]]. More often the term "Islamic State" describes these systems.
The term More commonly "Islamism" is also used in reference to '''political Islam''', an anti-[[the west | western]], anti-[[Christian]], anti-Semitic and anti-democratic ideology spread by [[terrorism]] and guerilla warfare. [[Al Qaeda]], the [[Taliban]], [[Hamas]] and [[Hizbollah]] are typical Islamists. There is much in common between this form of Islamism is that of Islamic theocracy or an Islamic state, and many such states fund and assist, or encourage Islamist terror.
[[Edward Said]], author of ''Orientalism'', wrote:
