re: #562 Sergey Romanov

Oh, and this:

> In recent years Morocco’s Islamists have cultivated an image as honest outsiders battling corruption and seeking to improve services, rather than focusing on moral issues such as whether women wear the Islamic headscarf.

Why are they called Islamists then?

I believe it has something to do with being followers of Islam. Kind of like followers of Christianity calling themselves “Christians” (nobody calls themselves “Christianists” - that’s a term made up by people trying to distance themselves from extremists within their own faith). Note that they’re not calling themselves “Radical Islamists” nor have we heard them call the US “Infidels” or call for the destruction of Israel.