“Islamism” is not a helpful invention

Hugh Fitzgerald writes (read the whole thing):

“Islamism” is not a helpful invention. Apostates from Islam, Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ibn Warraq, treat it dismissively. It represents an attempt to somehow appeal to Muslims — that is, to those who are thought of as “moderate” possibly because they remain largely ignorant of the texts of Islam, or because they simply try to put those texts and teachings out of their heads.