Before I get into this too deep I would first like to state that the term "fundamentalist" and "fundamentalism" are not widely accepted by members of al qaeda and extremists. Instead they usually prefer the term "Islamism" and or "islamist"( Islamism refers to a set of political ideologies derived from various religious views of Muslim fundamentalists, which hold that Islam is not only a religion, but also a political system that should govern the legal, economic and social imperatives of the state). Although "fundamentalism" is now used to describe the ultra-conservative expression of numerous faiths, namely Islam.
It should be noted that Islamic fundamentalism is highly religious in nature, and a religion based on the salvation of all men. Islamic fundamentalism is for the most part a modern phenomenon, it is impossible to grasp without first understanding at least the roots of Islam . Fundamentalist Islam is based primarily on two pillars, the first being that Islamic......
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