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Is “Islamic Fundamentalism” Possible?

Volume: 2 Number: 4 December 31, 2015
  • Neşet Toku
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Is “Islamic Fundamentalism” Possible?

Abstract

Fundamentalism is the religious Protestant movement that developed upon the spreading of the “millennium” belief, which belongs to the Christian theo-logy, in the USA towards the end of 19th century. Nowadays the word “funda-mentalism” is used, sometimes explicitly and sometimes implicitly, to refer to Islam as an equivalent of intolerance, pro-violence and fanaticism. This propa-ganda is so great that recognition of Islam by a Muslim raises the risk for him to be qualified as fundamentalist. In this essay, we will interrogate whether it is possible or not to establish a relation between fundamentalism, which is a wes-tern phenomenon, and Islam by examining historical and cultural background of the both.

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English

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Authors

Neşet Toku

Publication Date

December 31, 2015

Submission Date

October 27, 2015

Acceptance Date

November 12, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.30523/mutefekkir.130260

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https://izlik.org/JA99MW67GD

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Toku, Neşet. “Is ‘Islamic Fundamentalism’ Possible?”. Mütefekkir 2/4 (December 1, 2015): 265-274. https://doi.org/10.30523/mutefekkir.130260.

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