A long way up the thread, I said that one is, the other is of. I also said that in common usage, it has been bastardised as a negative term. OED does only refer to the negative usage, which is unfortunate. However , clinging to it doesn't change anything. Only Michael and the arts editor for BBC Radio 4 use it as their sole style guide. You may find a few million Muslims for instance who not only speak English but would see the term as meaning of Islamic values / origin / faith / culture etc.

As for Keith A Hole of Hertford, who gets what used to be a stiffy when his gormless comments are tenuously supported, I don't expect any better to be frank.

You should get out more. Islamism in the negative sense is a rather insulting term. Hence Christianism is an equally insulting term to describe lowlife scum who hide under a cloak of clerical respect to carry out their evil deeds.



Oh hang on. I can hear squeals and oinks. Might as well shut up and smile.