Sentence examples for islamist elements from inspiring English sources

The naysayers, with their violent Islamist elements, will never be satisfied with anything Mr Arafat can get.

They also turned to more hardcore Islamist elements, who with their superior funding, supplies, and discipline have been pivotal in securing many rebel victories.

But Blair seems to prefer that Assad remain in power for a period of time, rather than the opposition, with its Islamist elements, enter government.

Arms supplied by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to rebel groups in Syria also end up in the hands of extremist Islamist elements.

"You do here, as anywhere in the world, have some Islamist elements who think bin Laden is great," a Western diplomat said.

The capital Tripoli, however, is in the hands of a "provisional government" set up by the rival Libya Dawn, a grouping of Islamist elements.

And there is an Islamist element incubating religious hostility toward America and the West, particularly among disaffected, unemployed Saudi youth.

Between 1992 and 1997, a civil war raged between forces loyal to the Soviet regime and the United Tajik Opposition, which contained a strong Islamist element.

But there are many spoilers and many people who are unhappy with an Islamist element and what some see as a hidden agenda.

The Tuareg insurgency included an Islamist element, known as Ansar Dine (Defenders of the Faith), which is affiliated with a jihadi group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

The claim by Michael Fallon, the British defence secretary, that sending reinforcements would help to curb "the instability that leads to mass migration and terrorism" is questionable, too, given that there is no Islamist element to the conflict and most displaced South Sudanese just want to go home.