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Look at the causes, goals and mechanisms embedded in religious fundamentalism, as well as the similarities and differences between it and other similar ideologies such as ethnonationalism and Liberation theology.
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"Islamic Fundamentalism is indeed a prominent, controversial and destabilizing political ideology in the modern world." In order to understand and support or refute this quote by Dr. Paul Orogun, it is necessary to look at the causes, goals and mechanisms embedded in religious fundamentalism, as well as the similarities and differences between it and other similar ideologies such as ethnonationalism and Liberation theology. The term "fundamentalism" can be applied to many religions, including but not limited to Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Catholicism. Its cause and beginnings lie behind the fact that many followers of these religions share hostilities toward the modern world. They want things to get back to "God's word," and view women's rights, divorce, and secular values as ills in modern society (Macridis, 231). Fundamentalists also do not believe that church and state should be separated, and that religious leaders should rule whenever possible. Regardless of the religion...
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