Fundamentalism
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On Fundamentalism's Defeat...
A New School of Philosophy is Born. A Covenant of Peace is Forged. A Dream of Freedom is Re-born. In the Beginning was the Fundamental Word of Revolution. The Western Evolution Shines its Light upon the Elemental Letter of Law, Presents from Anomalies...
Wahabism: The Root of Fundamentalist Islam
This article brings us in line with the thinking that fuels radical Islam.
A New Fundamentalism
Mervyn King's call for a reformed International Monetary Fund comes at a time when the world economy may be teetering on the edge, writes William Keegan.
Stop Fetishising Integration
A decent job with a decent income is still the best path out of the crudest forms of racism and fundamentalism. Gary Younge
Evangelist Tells 7m Tv Viewers: Us Should Kill Venezuela's President
America's leading televangelist appeared to take Christian fundamentalism into uncharted territory yesterday when he called for the assassination of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.
Open Debate Can Tackle the Dangers of Fundamentalism
Open debate can tackle the dangers of fundamentalism. Jonathan Steele
Malaysia's Prosperity Keeps Islamic Fundamentalists at Bay
Malaysia's relative economic prosperity, the unbroken dominance of the ethnic Malay party, Umno, patrician-style governance and pro-establishment media keep the Islamic political movement in a box - so far. Simon Tisdall
Convert or Be Damned
The secular left's attitude to religion is as fundamentalist and flawed as anything you hear in Riyadh or Utah.
How the Zealots Are Killing a Dream
Fundamentalism on both sides of the Israeli divide is proving a tragic hindrance to a lasting peace in the Middle East.
Their Beliefs Are Bonkers
US Christian fundamentalists are driving Bush's Middle East policy. To understand what is happening in the Middle East, you must first understand what is happening in Texas.
Heed not the fanatics
Only by rebutting fundamentalism in all its forms can we stop ourselves being plunged into a new Dark Age.
French Mps Vote for Veil Ban in State Schools
The French national assembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday in favour of a ban on Islamic veils in state schools, despite new warnings from religious leaders that the law would persecute Muslims and encourage fundamentalism. After 21 hours of parliamentary speeches and months of heated...
Britain Ignores Bangladeshi Persecution
The British government has effectively closed the door on asylum seekers from Bangladesh despite having seen a dossier which detailed more than 700 attacks by fundamentalists on ethnic and religious minorities in the country. The document offers compelling evidence that serious attacks...
Professors fight to keep Swift on syllabus as Pakistan's Islamists target 'vulgar' classics
Some of the great works of English literature could be scrapped from the syllabus of one of Pakistan's leading universities because of what professors fear is a rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism.
Pakistan's Islamists Target English Literature Classics
Some of the great works of English literature could be scrapped from the syllabus of one of Pakistan's leading universities because of what professors fear is a rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism. A review of books studied in the English courses at Punjab University in Lahore singled...
Pakistan is Losing the Fight Against Fundamentalism
Sharia law is back - and spells disaster for Musharraf's secular vision. When Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, gave his support to the US in its war on Afghanistan 20 months ago, he took a calculated risk:
US Special Forces Take Fight to Fundamentalist Terror Group
A hundred American Special Forces soldiers led thousands of Kurdish peshmerga fighters in a massive assault on positions held by hardline Islamic militants yesterday as fighting in the north-east of Iraq entered its second day. Air strikes and artillery pummelled the high mountains above...
Iranian reformers engulfed by fundamentalist election landslide
Reformist allies of the Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, conceded yesterday that they had suffered a crushing defeat in municipal elections at the hands of Islamic conservatives opposed to democratic and social change.
Old Warlord Threatens Afghan Peace
Afghan rebel factions loyal to the Taliban and a fundamentalist warlord have launched a new wave of attacks on aid workers and US forces.
Israelis Close Palestinian Universities
The Israeli army closed down two Palestinian universities last night, which they claimed had been used as "training grounds" for terrorist attacks. The army said leaders of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas had used a chemistry lab in the faculty of science at the Hebron University...
Three Us Doctors Shot Dead in Yemen
Three American doctors were shot dead by a suspected Muslim fundamentalist at a Baptist hospital in Yemen, security officials said today. One of the victims was the director of the hospital; the other two, both women, were the chief doctor and another doctor. A fourth American, the...
Don't Blame Religion for the Killings Done in God's Name
Political failure often paves the way for resurgent fundamentalism. It has always been true that many things done in the name of God would be abhorrent to a benign deity.
The Beauty Myth
As contestants flee and Nigeria counts its dead, it is now impossible to argue that Miss World is harmless fun. What an irony that fundamentalist Muslims managed to do what feminism ultimately failed to do: make Miss World a global political issue.
This is a Clash Between the Middle Ages and Modernity
Religious fundamentalism is the rallying cry of the disenfranchised. The spectre of sarin gas, cyanide and anthrax hangs over the London underground this week. This horror, or something like it, is now "a when not an if", according to the head of the Metropolitan police and various ministers.
Afghan fundamentalists raid girls' schools
The authorities in Afghanistan were last night investigating a series of well-coordinated attacks by suspected Taliban sympathisers against girls' schools in a central region near to Kabul.
Threat of Unreality Tv
Blunder, mishap and farIn the media, places like Bali only feature as tourist playgrounds. That endangers us all. For the past nine months, priests and tribal leaders in West Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, have been trying to warn the world that an Islamic fundamentalist movement is using their land as a training ground.
Human Rights Fears at Dutch Inquiry Into Muslim Population
Concerned that the country may have become a hotbed of Islamist fundamentalism, the Netherlands is to investigate the activities of its 800,000 Muslims. The survey of beliefs and activities called for by the lower house of parliament has alarmed human rights groups. It will...
Female Minister 'is Afghan Rushdie'
Powerful Islamic fundamentalists have launched a fierce attack on Sima Samar, the minister of women's affairs, accusing her of blasphemy, labelling her "Afghanistan's Salman Rushdie" and demanding that she be given "appropriate punishment" which, under sharia law, means death. The...
Islamic Heritage Under Attack
As Hindu fundamentalism grows in India the newest battlegrounds have become the fields of history - part of a more sinister project, writes Luke Harding.
Luke Harding: Which Way Now for India?
The Kashmir conflict is not just between two nations, it is a battle for the soul of one of them. The world's largest democracy is a hi-tech economic power - but it is also a stronghold of zealots and fundamentalism. The secular dream is under threat...
Fundamental issues
Face to Faith: September 11 turned important issues facing Christians and Muslims - many rooted in history - into urgent ones, writes Dr Michael Nazir-Ali.
German Police Arrest Islamists With Uk Links
Police special units swooped on addresses in several parts of Germany yesterday, arresting 11 members of an Islamic fundamentalist movement that prosecutors said was bent on global jihad and had its European base in Britain. Investigators said the group was suspected of planning attacks...
The Hindu Hurricane
Randeep Ramesh: The Gujarat violence was the product of middle-class rage. Now the fundamentalists threaten Ayodhya.
Kipling's Day is Long Forgotten on the North West Frontier
Western liberals are holding on to a fantasy when they see Islamic fundamentalism as inevitable, writes Jason Burke in Peshawar.
The Taliban of the west
The pre-Enlightenment has just been beaten by the post-Enlightenment. As the last fundamentalist fighters are hunted through the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the world's most comprehensive attempt to defy modernity has been atomised. But this is not, as almost everyone claims, a triumph for...
Mervyn King's call for a reformed International Monetary Fund comes at a time when the world economy may be teetering on the edge, writes William Keegan.
Stop Fetishising Integration
A decent job with a decent income is still the best path out of the crudest forms of racism and fundamentalism. Gary Younge
Evangelist Tells 7m Tv Viewers: Us Should Kill Venezuela's President
America's leading televangelist appeared to take Christian fundamentalism into uncharted territory yesterday when he called for the assassination of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.
Open Debate Can Tackle the Dangers of Fundamentalism
Open debate can tackle the dangers of fundamentalism. Jonathan Steele
Malaysia's Prosperity Keeps Islamic Fundamentalists at Bay
Malaysia's relative economic prosperity, the unbroken dominance of the ethnic Malay party, Umno, patrician-style governance and pro-establishment media keep the Islamic political movement in a box - so far. Simon Tisdall
Convert or Be Damned
The secular left's attitude to religion is as fundamentalist and flawed as anything you hear in Riyadh or Utah.
How the Zealots Are Killing a Dream
Fundamentalism on both sides of the Israeli divide is proving a tragic hindrance to a lasting peace in the Middle East.
Their Beliefs Are Bonkers
US Christian fundamentalists are driving Bush's Middle East policy. To understand what is happening in the Middle East, you must first understand what is happening in Texas.
Heed not the fanatics
Only by rebutting fundamentalism in all its forms can we stop ourselves being plunged into a new Dark Age.
French Mps Vote for Veil Ban in State Schools
The French national assembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday in favour of a ban on Islamic veils in state schools, despite new warnings from religious leaders that the law would persecute Muslims and encourage fundamentalism. After 21 hours of parliamentary speeches and months of heated...
Britain Ignores Bangladeshi Persecution
The British government has effectively closed the door on asylum seekers from Bangladesh despite having seen a dossier which detailed more than 700 attacks by fundamentalists on ethnic and religious minorities in the country. The document offers compelling evidence that serious attacks...
Professors fight to keep Swift on syllabus as Pakistan's Islamists target 'vulgar' classics
Some of the great works of English literature could be scrapped from the syllabus of one of Pakistan's leading universities because of what professors fear is a rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism.
Pakistan's Islamists Target English Literature Classics
Some of the great works of English literature could be scrapped from the syllabus of one of Pakistan's leading universities because of what professors fear is a rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism. A review of books studied in the English courses at Punjab University in Lahore singled...
Pakistan is Losing the Fight Against Fundamentalism
Sharia law is back - and spells disaster for Musharraf's secular vision. When Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, gave his support to the US in its war on Afghanistan 20 months ago, he took a calculated risk:
US Special Forces Take Fight to Fundamentalist Terror Group
A hundred American Special Forces soldiers led thousands of Kurdish peshmerga fighters in a massive assault on positions held by hardline Islamic militants yesterday as fighting in the north-east of Iraq entered its second day. Air strikes and artillery pummelled the high mountains above...
Iranian reformers engulfed by fundamentalist election landslide
Reformist allies of the Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami, conceded yesterday that they had suffered a crushing defeat in municipal elections at the hands of Islamic conservatives opposed to democratic and social change.
Old Warlord Threatens Afghan Peace
Afghan rebel factions loyal to the Taliban and a fundamentalist warlord have launched a new wave of attacks on aid workers and US forces.
Israelis Close Palestinian Universities
The Israeli army closed down two Palestinian universities last night, which they claimed had been used as "training grounds" for terrorist attacks. The army said leaders of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas had used a chemistry lab in the faculty of science at the Hebron University...
Three Us Doctors Shot Dead in Yemen
Three American doctors were shot dead by a suspected Muslim fundamentalist at a Baptist hospital in Yemen, security officials said today. One of the victims was the director of the hospital; the other two, both women, were the chief doctor and another doctor. A fourth American, the...
Don't Blame Religion for the Killings Done in God's Name
Political failure often paves the way for resurgent fundamentalism. It has always been true that many things done in the name of God would be abhorrent to a benign deity.
The Beauty Myth
As contestants flee and Nigeria counts its dead, it is now impossible to argue that Miss World is harmless fun. What an irony that fundamentalist Muslims managed to do what feminism ultimately failed to do: make Miss World a global political issue.
This is a Clash Between the Middle Ages and Modernity
Religious fundamentalism is the rallying cry of the disenfranchised. The spectre of sarin gas, cyanide and anthrax hangs over the London underground this week. This horror, or something like it, is now "a when not an if", according to the head of the Metropolitan police and various ministers.
Afghan fundamentalists raid girls' schools
The authorities in Afghanistan were last night investigating a series of well-coordinated attacks by suspected Taliban sympathisers against girls' schools in a central region near to Kabul.
Threat of Unreality Tv
Blunder, mishap and farIn the media, places like Bali only feature as tourist playgrounds. That endangers us all. For the past nine months, priests and tribal leaders in West Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, have been trying to warn the world that an Islamic fundamentalist movement is using their land as a training ground.
Human Rights Fears at Dutch Inquiry Into Muslim Population
Concerned that the country may have become a hotbed of Islamist fundamentalism, the Netherlands is to investigate the activities of its 800,000 Muslims. The survey of beliefs and activities called for by the lower house of parliament has alarmed human rights groups. It will...
Female Minister 'is Afghan Rushdie'
Powerful Islamic fundamentalists have launched a fierce attack on Sima Samar, the minister of women's affairs, accusing her of blasphemy, labelling her "Afghanistan's Salman Rushdie" and demanding that she be given "appropriate punishment" which, under sharia law, means death. The...
Islamic Heritage Under Attack
As Hindu fundamentalism grows in India the newest battlegrounds have become the fields of history - part of a more sinister project, writes Luke Harding.
Luke Harding: Which Way Now for India?
The Kashmir conflict is not just between two nations, it is a battle for the soul of one of them. The world's largest democracy is a hi-tech economic power - but it is also a stronghold of zealots and fundamentalism. The secular dream is under threat...
Fundamental issues
Face to Faith: September 11 turned important issues facing Christians and Muslims - many rooted in history - into urgent ones, writes Dr Michael Nazir-Ali.
German Police Arrest Islamists With Uk Links
Police special units swooped on addresses in several parts of Germany yesterday, arresting 11 members of an Islamic fundamentalist movement that prosecutors said was bent on global jihad and had its European base in Britain. Investigators said the group was suspected of planning attacks...
The Hindu Hurricane
Randeep Ramesh: The Gujarat violence was the product of middle-class rage. Now the fundamentalists threaten Ayodhya.
Kipling's Day is Long Forgotten on the North West Frontier
Western liberals are holding on to a fantasy when they see Islamic fundamentalism as inevitable, writes Jason Burke in Peshawar.
The Taliban of the west
The pre-Enlightenment has just been beaten by the post-Enlightenment. As the last fundamentalist fighters are hunted through the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the world's most comprehensive attempt to defy modernity has been atomised. But this is not, as almost everyone claims, a triumph for...