RELIGIOUS

FUNDAMENTALISM
 FUNDAMENTALISM

• Fundamentalism is tradition defended in a traditional way. It has more to do with the content of
the beliefs themselves.
• Fundamentalism sets itself in opposition to modernity, it also employs modern approaches
forcefully asserting on their beliefs.
• Christian fundamentalists in the United States, for example, were among the first to use
television as a medium for spreading their doctrines; Islamic fundamentalists fighting Russian
forces in Chechnya have developed websites to set forth their views; Hindutva militants in India
have used the Internet and email to promote a feeling of 'Hindu identity'.
 RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
&
STRUGGLE IN REVIVALISM

Islamic Fundamentalism

• Islamic fundamentalism has been defined as a puritanical, revivalist, and reform

movement of Muslims who aim to return to the founding scriptures of Islam.
ISLAMIZING THE LOCALS
 TYPES OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS

1. Traditionalists
2. Reformist
 ORIGIN OF MODERN ISLAMIC
FUNDAMENTALIST
• Origins found in the late 19th centaury, according to the poets, the Islamic is seeing its radical
changes.
• They dealt with modernity in four major ways :-
1. Secularists
2. Modernists
3. Radicals
4. Conservatives