Martyrdom videos are video recordings, generally from Islamist activists who are about to take part in a suicide attack and expect to die during their intended actions.

Before the elections, Ben Ali banned Islamist parties and jailed as many as 8,000 Islamist activists.

Mohamed Sowan is a Libyan Islamist activist and politician.

The presence of Muslim Brotherhood leader Ma'mun al-Hodeiby brought a large number of Islamist activists into the conference.

The young president is gradually pardoning prisoners detained under his father's leadership, with some Islamist activists released having spent more than 20 years behind bars.

On May 6, a Star Academy concert was held in Kuwait, despite demonstrations by hundreds of Islamist activists.

Let's kidnap and kill him," one Islamist activist said during an interview with a reporter before the host of the meeting dissuaded him.

In 1988, several Islamist activists were released from prison.

Husain is the author of The Islamist, a book about Islamic fundamentalism and an account of his five years as an Islamist activist.

Until a more suitable ideology emerges, jihadism may stay as a major focus of radical Islamist activists.