"Islamicism"

I want to hear more about what people think about Harper's comment on terrorism as a threat to Canada. In a nutshell, our PM identified "Islamicism" as our biggest threat in relation with attacks. I'm pretty sure you can see where the controversy came in:


"Islam" is an entire religious community. Some of it's members have polluted the reputation of the religion by adding violence and aggression to it, allowing politicians such as Harper to draw such a broad generalization.


On the flip side, when people inquire about how relevant terrorism threats are now and who we are threatened by, a decade after 9/11 by the way, the PM has a responsibility make a classification...


What about the moral implication of the term "Islamicism"? Combining the terms 'Islam' and 'terrorism' is to brand a religious group as one associated with violence, bombs, and attacks which I think is completely prejudice and morally incorrect. However, as a realist, I also have the ability to accept the reality of every situation. If in fact threats towards our country have been directed from countries in the Middle East such as Afghanistan, which all have the only commonality of representing the "Islam" nation, I'm able to understand PM Harper's rationale behind his (probably rash and impulsive) choice of terminology.
It's  bittersweet entertainment for me that he is getting eaten alive for it though :)
But what do YOU think?
Click the link below to view CBC's article on the subject:
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/06/harper-911-terrorism-islamic-interview.html