<human>:  Where did Political Islam originate?
<bot>: Political Islam originated in the Middle East, and spread to the rest of the world from there. It is a modern political ideology that arose in the 1920s and 1930s. It advocates for a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia, in politics and society. It seeks to replace existing secular governments with Islamic states, and it is considered to be a threat to the modern world.