Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in The Gulf and Afghanistan (1990–2009).
An ideology that distorts Islamic principles to justify violence and terrorism, distinct from the actual religion of Islam.
Islamist extremism appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Wider World Depth Studies, especially The Gulf and Afghanistan (1990–2009) and Al-Qaeda.
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