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This paper examines some of the problems associated with defining the terms "Islam" and "Islamism" and how these terms are distinguishable from one and other. More specifically, the author discusses 1) what exactly Islam is; and 2) whether Islam has a political tradition, and if so how that tradition differs from Islamism. Overall, he notes that while Islam and Islamism can and should be distinguished, it is often quite difficult to ascertain where Islam as a religion ends, and Islamism as a political ideology begins.