Islamism is not a religion; it is a political ideology whose
goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily
functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern
movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of
Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Most of the
Islamist leadership is by nature quite religious. Some of the
biggest leaders and founders of Islamism include Sayyed Qutb,
Al-Maududi, and Hassan al-Banna.