Islamist vs scholarly person

Islamist and scholarly person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Islamist	Yes	No	No	No
scholarly person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scholarly person is a hypernym of Islamist; that is, scholarly person is a word with a broader meaning than Islamist:

Islamist: a scholar who is knowledgeable in Islamic studies
scholarly person: a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Other hypernyms of Islamist include bookman, scholar.

Islamist (noun)	scholarly person (noun)
an orthodox Muslim	a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
a scholar who is knowledgeable in Islamic studies