Thank you, Jim. It is not a simple matter, indeed; but I see little in that wiki article to contradict or discount, for practical purposes in the current situation, the distinction I made above as a useful working basis for discrimination between the militant & non-militant wings of current Muslim thought and policy.

I think it is one which would appeal to those Muslims who are vehemently opposed to the activities of groups like alQaeda, AbuNidal, & so on, who would no doubt embrace the designation "Islamist"; but whose protests tend to the ineffectuality of all such well-meaners in the face of militaristic determination.

~M~