Security officials have declined to term the attack an act of Islamist terrorism.

Under the legislation, the coordinator would focus on "the ideology that gives rise to Islamist terrorism."

Few more menacing scenarios for the growth of Islamist terrorism could be imagined.

To call Islamist terrorism global, he said, "overplays religion in contrast to political objectives."

The government argued that its draconian regime was necessary to combat Islamist terrorism.

Surely the country cannot wait until the struggle against Islamist terrorism is over.

But there is not yet a consensus on what the police role ought to be in the fight against Islamist terrorism.

Indeed, the report suggests no current impediments to the flow of information within and among intelligence agencies concerning Islamist terrorism.

As the international human rights organisations have shown, the fight against Islamist terrorism is being waged illegally.

All of us have a common enemy in fighting international Islamist terrorism.