The role of Islamists in 20th century democides

~ Armenian, Assyrian & Greek Genocides (1915–1917) — 1.5–2 million killed — Ottoman Empire (Young Turk regime) — ✅ Islamist–nationalist mix

~ Red Terror & Russian Civil War (1917–1922) — 7–12 million — Bolshevik regime — ❌

~ Holodomor, Ukraine (1932–1933) — 3–5 million — Stalin’s USSR — ❌

~ Imperial Japanese massacres (1937–1945) — 6–10 million — Imperial Japan — ❌

~ The Holocaust (1939–1945) — 11 million Jews + 5–6 million others — Nazi Germany — ❌

~ Stalinist purges & Gulag (1945–1953) — 10–15 million — Soviet Union — ❌

~ Partition of India massacres (1947) — ~1 million — Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim extremists — ✅ partly Islamist

~ Great Leap Forward famine (1958–1962) — 30–45 million — Mao’s China — ❌

~ Anti-communist massacres, Indonesia (1965–1966) — 500,000–1 million — Suharto regime, with Islamist militias — ✅ partly Islamist

~ Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) — 1–2 million — Maoist Red Guards / CCP — ❌

~ Bangladesh genocide (1971) — 1.5–3 million — Pakistan Army (Islamist regime) — ✅

~ Khmer Rouge (1975–1979) — 1.7–2.2 million — Communist Cambodia — ❌

~ East Timor occupation (1975–1999) — 100,000–200,000 — Indonesian military — ❌

~ Argentine Dirty War (1976–1983) — 10,000–30,000 — Military junta — ❌

~ Darfur & South Sudan genocides (1983–2005) — 2–3 million — Islamist Khartoum regimes — ✅

~ Bosnian genocide (1992–1995) — ~100,000 — Bosnian Serb forces — ❌

~ Rwandan genocide (1994) — ~800,000 — Hutu Power government — ❌

~ Congo wars & massacres (1998–2003) — 3–5 million — Multiple militias and regimes — ❌

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✅ Islamist or partly Islamist: ~4–5 major cases

❌ Non-Islamist: The overwhelming majority — well over 90% of 20th-century genocide and democide deaths.