Perhaps you mean they are <i>Muslims</i>.<p>Islamism is an ideology -- or arguably a catch-all term for a number of ideologies -- that want to force Islam into the government, law and everything.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.danielpipes.org&#x2F;954&#x2F;distinguishing-between-islam-and-islamism" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.danielpipes.org&#x2F;954&#x2F;distinguishing-between-islam-...</a><p>The average Iraqi or Syrian isn&#x27;t Islamist. E.g. the Alawites in Syria aren&#x27;t Islamists, and the former Baath party in Iraq wasn&#x27;t either.