Abstract
Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in New York, Islam has been perceived as the major international threat of our times. The subject is broadly under research and investigation, in universities as well as in the media. These investigation centers often provide a biased vision of the religion and its phenomenon. Islamism can be defined by the use of the sacred texts of Islam for political purposes, and the will to "change the very basics of the social fabric". In other words, the aim was to Islamize the society as a whole. Different organizations contain a spectrum of means which is wide. This spectrum ranges from social activism to terrorist violence. However, all Islamist groups share that particular viewpoint. Going back to the religion, it has always been regarded as a cure in times of a terrible crisis. Even if major texts of Islamic radicalism have been written in the early 40s and the early 60s, its significance was brought to the forefront by a lot of people only in the early 70s. The early 70s was a phase when the economic crisis occurred in the region of the Middle East and North Africa. The basis for popularizing Islam was the end of the post colonial dream and the growing disillusion coupled with anger. It has been reinforced by external factors and the perception of the Neo-imperial acquisition that the West proves to be a threat.
