Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic Fundamentalism | Fundamentalism Exists Across All Religions
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Summary: Fundamentalism is not a uniquely Islamic phenomenon. All religions have evinced some form of fundamentalism, as evidenced by the Christian Crusades in the Middle Ages to modern atrocities against Muslims committed by Jews in Israel. Fundamentalism in any religion is a natural response to modernity. Moreover, other religions have only recently ended their violent and puritanical reactions to a changing world. Hopefully, the positive transformation of other religions will influence...
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Table of Contents
- The Difference Between Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism
- Islam Is Compatible with Democracy
- Fundamentalist Islam Is Not Compatible with Democracy
- Islamist Misogyny Has Its Roots in Islam
- Islamist Misogyny Does Not Have Its Roots in Islam
- Islamic Fundamentalism Is a Threat to the United States
- Islam Is Not a Threat to the West
- Islamic Fundamentalist Schools Foster Terrorism
- Islamist Terrorism Does Not Reflect Islam
- Fundamentalism Exists Across All Religions
- Islamic Fundamentalism Is Being Shaped by the West
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
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