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Islamic fundamentalism has been defined as a revivalist and reform movement of Muslims who aim to return to the founding scriptures of Islam. [1] The term has been used interchangeably with similar terms such as Islamism, Islamic revivalism, Qutbism, Islamic activism, but also criticized as pejorative, a term used by outsiders who instead ought ...
May 24, 2013 · Specific examples of literalist, fundamentalist readings that still dominate Muslim attitudes worldwide are manifested in the resistance to progress in human rights, gender-equality and democratic ...
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by Islam. Islamism or Islamic fundamentalism is an umbrella term for a wide range of dis courses and activism that tends to and moves from a high level of moderate pluralism, and thus inclusive democracy, to extreme radicalism, intolerant unitarianism, and thus exclusive majority rule.
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Islamic fundamentalist movements have been politically significant in most Muslim countries primarily because they articulate political and social grievances better than do the established secular parties, some of which (e.g, many leftist parties) were discredited following the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in 1990–91.
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Jan 24, 2007 · Using the tools of political economy and social movement theories this analysis will debate the complex set of issues underlining many aspects of the ‘Islam and democracy’ debate, which today is very much about the relationship between Islam and governance. Indeed, as the debate itself since ‘9/11’ has been increasingly shaped by ...
By Olivier Roy. The long-standing debate about Islam and democracy has reached a stunning turning point. Since the Arab uprisings began in late 2010, political Islam and democracy have become increasingly interdependent. The debate over whether they are compatible is now virtually obsolete. Neither can now survive without the other.
