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Islamic Fundamentalism

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Islamic Fundamentalism is a religious ideology which advocates literalistic interpretations of the sacred Islamic text, the Quran. This ideology is founded on the conviction that Islamic law, the sharia, is the only valid system for regulating human life; and the conviction that an ideal Muslim society can only be achieved through an Islamic state. Often glorified as martyrs, Islamic Fundamentalists are 'jihadists', holy warriors who believe that violence is imperative to the global superiority of Islam. They fight for Allah, or God. This Muslim minority promotes dehumanization and justifies terrorism. Islamic fundamentalists reject both secularization and democracy. In accordance with the Quran, many reject the equality of men and women in society. Throughout the Muslim world, fundamentalists continually aim to keep women out of the job market, to force women to remain fully veiled in pubic, and to keep wives in strict submission and virtual bondage, to their husbands....

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