Muslim Extremism: Understanding the Threat, Ideology, and Global Impact

World map in muted blue-grey tones highlighting major hotspots of Islamist extremist activity across the Middle East, Sahel, South Asia, and Southeast Asia with soft orange markers

Muslim extremism refers to ideologies and movements that seek to impose a rigid, political version of Islam through violence or coercion. These groups reject modern nation-states, democratic laws, and equal rights for non-Muslims or dissenting Muslims