In this report I will discuss whether Islamic fundamentalism is a modern political ideology or not. I will do that firstly by trying to explain what Islamic fundamentalism actually really is. It is a term that is hard to explain. Secondly, I will discuss about modern political ideologies, I will give my view about modern political ideologies, how I think about it and what do I expect if we talk about modern political ideology.
Thirdly, I will talk about political fundamental ideology. I have looked up some traditional people or groups. I will talk about their view on how they see our society or how they want to see our society. I will show some of their ideas, and that is why I think that Islamic fundamentalism is not a modern political ideology.
Fourthly, I will discuss about modern Islamic thinkers, how they want to change our society and. Finally, I will end up with a conclusion, what I have found out after I read all of this and if changed my mind about if Islamic fundamentalism is a modern political ideology.These days Islamic fundamentalism is associated with Muslims, who has a radical interpretation of the Quran and the Hadith. The hadith are Islamic traditions about the doings and sayings of Muhammad, captured in large collections. The Muslim fundamentalists see the traditional texts literally as the fundaments of their religion.
Definitions may vary about fundamentalism, because it can be classify as a deemed problematic for the people who believe and suggested that the Islamic belief oblige that all Muslims are fundamentalists. For others the term Islamic fundamentalism can be used to describe comprehend trends within the Islam. Islamic fundamentalists want to have the Sharia, the Islamic legislation, above the secular law/legislation.There is also a small minority group within the Islamic fundamentalists who want to put their word into action, by doing terroristic attacks to give power to their opinion. The word fundamentalism is originally a Christian word and is from the early beginning of the twentieth century. In Arabic it is called “usuliyya”.
You will find fundamentalists in every religion. A fundamentalist is not capable to give dissenters the freedom for their own way of thinking and living. There is only one way of thinking, living and believing and that is way of the fundamentalist and that is the right way. It does not matter if it is neither the good nor the bad way of walking the aisle.
To be honest, Islamic fundamentalism is not the right word to use for this phenomenon, the word that is used is, political Islam, it is a more common term today. Within the Islamic Fundamentalism there is another form of extreme fundamentalism that is called ‘wahhabism’. The founder of ‘wahhabism’ was the first modern Islamic fundamentalist and extremists, Mohammed Ibn Abdel Wahhab. He wanted to go back to the pure Islam, like it was when their prophet Mohammed lived.
