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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