What is Islamic fundamentalism?
A movement that has gained momentum in recent decades within several Muslim nations. Islamic fundamentalists oppose the infiltration of secular and Westernizing influences and seek to institute Islamic law, including strict codes of behavior. They also target political corruption in Muslim nations.
What is fundamentalist religion?
Religious fundamentalists believe in the superiority of their religious teachings, and in a strict division between righteous people and evildoers (Altemeyer and Hunsberger, 1992, 2004). This belief system regulates religious thoughts, but also all conceptions regarding the self, others, and the world.
Is the Christian and Islamic God the same?
Most mainstream Muslims would generally agree they worship the same God that Christians — or Jews — worship. Christians, however, believe in a triune God: God the father, God the son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. And many evangelicals will say that means Muslims and Jews do not worship the same god as Christians.
What makes fundamentalism different from other religious expressions?
What makes fundamentalism different from other religious expressions? It is strict in its literal interpretation of holy scriptures.
Why do we hear so much about Islamic fundamentalism?
Today one hears a lot about Islamic fundamentalism, but hardly about the fundamentalist versions of other religions. The reason for this is not any prejudice or hostility against Islam or the Muslims, as the latter generally tend to believe.
What is the difference between Islam and Christianity?
Islam is totally opposed to monasticism and celibacy. Marriage is an act of Sunnah in Islam and is strongly recommended. Men can only marry the “people of the book” i.e., Abrahamic religions. Women can only marry a Muslim man.
Is it true that Islam is a pacifist religion?
Islam doesn’t have a pacifist streak but then again neither to most Christians. Islamic fundamentalism, like Christian fundamentalism, is relatively new — each arising in the past 150 years. But Islamic fundamentalism is quite different from the Christian form.
Are there any fundamentalist Muslims in the United States?
Among Muslims in the United States, fundamentalism is almost non-existent, and in worldwide Islam it is a minority. Even among fundamentalist Muslims, the terrorists are a minuscule minority.