Only through well-balanced dialogue will we will be able to better understand Islamism and Islam. This is an example of militant Islamism, whereby a fundamentalist group is engaging itself within the modern context by exploiting Islam to achieve its goals. On the other hand, Salafism by virtue of its puritanical attitudes and strict adherence to theology makes it an extremely opposed to the Islamism practiced by the Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda. Even our politicians at the state and federal levels have developed anti-Islamic notions that defame Islam and its followers around the world. This will be crucial to our success in dealing with the Muslim world both at the domestic and international levels.

Source: Huffington Post June 20, 2016 17:00 UTC