To revert to Mr Holbrooke's question, Islamist militancy is not the only crisis of Pakistan.
Sheikh Sharif is an Islamist, which basically means that he's got a fairly conservative agenda.
His Islamist Shia party did well in the local elections on a relatively secular law-and-order platform.
In recent interviews he has sounded less Islamist and more of a Palestinian nationalist.
Somalia's government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, has been battling Islamist guerrillas for years.
Somalia's shaky transitional government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, has been battling Islamist guerrillas for years.
France's Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said he appeared to have fought alongside Islamist militants.
Former Mossad head Efraim Halevy has repeatedly called for talks with the Islamist group.
They said both men in detention had allegedly visited Islamist Web pages and online forums.
Instead, prosecutors sought the arrest of four members of the pro-Syrian Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah.
Algerian-born Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been fighting as an Islamist militant for more than two decades.
Pas is an Islamist party that would like to reshape Malaysia into its own likeness.
Difficult economic times mean that Tunisia's Islamist-led government face popular pressure to recover the remaining money.
BBC: Tunisia recovers money 'stolen' by ex president Ben Ali
For its part, Pakistan's military defends its efforts to take on the Islamist militants.
Recent years have seen conflict between a UN-backed government and the al-Shabab Islamist militia.
French-led forces are continuing their offensive against Islamist militants who seized northern Mali last year.
BBC: Mali crisis: 330 UK military personnel sent to West Africa
Meanwhile, a fifth French soldier has been killed in Mali, where France is battling Islamist fighters.
Despite this, Yemen remains plagued by political unrest, including clashes between security forces and Islamist militants.
French experts had earlier suggested the Islamist alliance could probably muster about 3, 000 fighters overall.
This is in support of Malian troops fighting Islamist extremists in the west African country.
BBC: Malian troops boarding a French military transport plane
Algeria and Egypt have eased tensions with their Islamist militants by granting amnesties to prisoners.
President Morsi's mainly Islamist supporters say that the new constitution will secure democracy and encourage stability.
But some Syrian opposition leaders blame Western inaction for the recent growth of the Islamist groups.
His family and friends blamed Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party, for the killing.
The issue has united Islamist parties, which have often had political and ideological differences with Jamaat-e-Islami.
The secular party of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki says its ministers will leave the Islamist-led government.
BBC: Tunisia President Marzouki's CPR 'to withdraw ministers'
However, his own Islamist Ennahda party, which dominates the cabinet, has opposed the plan.
BBC: Tunisia President Marzouki's CPR 'to withdraw ministers'
Such Islamist militant activity is not new to Africa, including recent violence in Mali and Somalia.
Abdel Moneim Abolfotoh, a more moderate Islamist, is accused of holding a Qatari passport.
The father of Muhammad Selim al-Awa, another Islamist would-be president, is rumoured to be Syrian.
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