Islamic fundamentalism

Islamic fundamentalism (Arabic: usul, the "fundamentals") is a term uisit tae describe releegious ideologies seen as advocatin a return tae the "fundamentals" o Islam: the Quran an the Sunnah. Definitions o the term vary. Accordin tae Christine L. Kettel, it is deemit problematic bi those who suggest that Islamic belief requires aw Muslims tae be fundamentalists,Bernard, Lewis, Islam and the West, New York : Oxford University Press, c1993. an bi ithers as a term uisit bi ootsiders tae describe perceivit trends athin Islam." 'The Green Peril': Creating the Islamic Fundamentalist Threat," Leon T. Hadar, Policy Analysis,  Cato Institute, August 27, 1992. Exemplary figures of Islamic fundamentalism who are also termed Islamists are Sayyid Qutb, Abul Ala Mawdudi and Israr Ahmad.Esposito, Voices of Resurgent Islam ISBN: 019503340X Economist Eli Berman argues that Radical Islam is a better term for mony post-1920s muivements stairtin wi The Muslim Britherhuid, acause these movements are seen tae practice "unprecedentit extremism", thus no qualifyin as return tae historic fundamentals.Eli Berman, Hamas, Taliban and the Jewish Underground: An Economist’s View of Radical Religious Militias, UC San Diego National Bureau of Economic Research. August 2003, page 4

 See an aw 
 2009 Diyala Province Bombin
 Anwar al-Awlaki
 Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah (organisation)
 Forcit conversion in Islam
 Christian fundamentalism
 Hindu fundamentalism
 Islamic extremism
 Islamic terrorism
 Islamofascism
 Jewish fundamentalism
 Mormon fundamentalism
 Mona Mahmudnizhad
 Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi
 Salafi
 Weemen's clothin in Iran

References

Further readin
 Sikand, Yoginder Origins and Development of the Tablighi-Jama'at (1920–2000): A Cross-Country Comparative Study, ISBN 81-250-2298-8
 Roy, Olivier, The Failure of Political Islam, Harvard University Press, 1994
 Shepard, William. "What is 'Islamic Fundamentalism'?" Studies in Religion. Winter 1988.

Freemit airtins
 Fundamentalist Islam
 Islamic Fundamentalism: A Brief Survey
"Wars of Religion": The Simplification of Faith (Qantara.de)
 "Some Thoughts on Radical Islam" 


Category:Islamic politics an Islamic warld studies
Category:Islamism