Islamic fundamentalism
Militant Muslim ideology
Islamic fundamentalism is a movement advocating strict adherence to the Quran and early Islamic practices, often rejecting Western influence and secular governance.
The term emerged in Western discourse in the late twentieth century, particularly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Critics note it imprecisely maps a Protestant concept onto Islam; many Muslims prefer terms like Islamism or political Islam.
The rise of Islamic fundamentalism reshaped Middle Eastern politics.
Ultraconservative Sunni movement
- WahhabismPuritanical Islamic reform doctrine
- theocracyRule by religious authority
- caliphateIslamic successor-led government
- shariaMuslim canonical jurisprudence
jihad · puritanism · literalism · revivalism · anti-secularism · tawhid · haram · halal
Muslim canonical jurisprudence
- fatwaIslamic legal pronouncement
- hijabMuslim woman's headscarf
- niqabVeil concealing the face
- burqaFull-body covering with mesh
gender segregation · mosque · madrasa · imam · Quran · Hadith · salat · zakat
Transnational Sunni Islamist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- Al-QaedaIslamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
- Boko HaramNigerian jihadist organization
Hamas · Hezbollah · Al-Shabaab · madrasas · recruitment · radicalization · militancy · insurgency
Salafism
Ultraconservative Sunni movement
- WahhabismPuritanical Islamic reform doctrine
- theocracyRule by religious authority
- caliphateIslamic successor-led government
sharia · jihad · puritanism · literalism · revivalism · anti-secularism · tawhid · haram · halal · sunnah
sharia
Muslim canonical jurisprudence
burqa · gender segregation · mosque · madrasa · imam · Quran · Hadith · salat · zakat · hajj
Muslim Brotherhood
Transnational Sunni Islamist organization
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
- Al-QaedaIslamist militant organization
- ISISLevantine jihadist organization
Boko Haram · Hamas · Hezbollah · Al-Shabaab · madrasas · recruitment · radicalization · militancy · insurgency
Islamic fundamentalismsecularism
Separation of faith, state
separation of church and state · secular humanism · liberal democracy · constitutional democracy · atheism
Islamic fundamentalismreligious pluralism
Multiple faiths holding validity
interfaith dialogue · religious tolerance · ecumenism · syncretism · universalism
Islamic fundamentalismreligious pluralism
Multiple faiths holding validity
multiculturalism · cosmopolitanism · globalism · moral relativism · Christian fundamentalism
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