Islamic fundamentalism

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 extremism, Islamic activism, but also criticized as pejorative, a term used by outsiders who instead ought to be using more positive terms such as Islamic activism or Islamic revivalism.[2]

Some of the beliefs attributed to Islamic fundamentalists are that the primary sources of Islam (the Quran, Hadith, and Sunnah), should be interpreted in a literal and originalist way;[3] that corrupting non-Islamic influences should be eliminated from every part of a Muslims' life; and that the societies, economies, and governance of Muslim-majority countries should return to the fundamentals of Islam, the system of Islam, and become Islamic states.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Arjomand, Said A. (1995). "The Search for Fundamentals and Islamic Fundamentalism". In van Vucht Tijssen, Lieteke; Berting, Jan; Lechner, Frank (eds.). The Search for Fundamentals: The Process of Modernisation and the Quest for Meaning. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. pp. 27–39. doi:10.1007/978-94-015-8500-2_2. ISBN 978-0-7923-3542-9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference esposito-1992-8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WahhabiIslam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Roy, Failure of Political Islam, 1994: p. 215

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