Fundamentalist Islam

Obama, Islam, and a Clash of Theologies

Ivan Petrella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Administration, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Islam, Christian Right, Israel, Islamic Radicalism, Barack Obama, Radical Islam, Obama Islam, Zionism, Fundamentalist Islam, Religion News
Ivan Petrella

While there's no battle between Islam and the West, there is a battle within Islam: a conflict between violent-fanatic understandings of Islam and a broader spectrum of Muslim worldviews over how the religion gets defined.

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The New Wannabe Jihadis

Eboo Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Jihad Jane, Jihad, Jihadists, Chechen Separatists, Moscow Subway Attacks, Islamic Extremists, Chechen Rebels, Jihadis, Moscow Subway Bombing, Islamic Extremism, Radical Islam, Islamic Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Islam, Religion News
Eboo Patel

Call them Chechen separatists or new world order gangstas, but don't call them jihadis. They're just wannabes who have adopted the glamorous guise of Muslim extremism.

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Anwar Al-Awlaki: The Jim Jones of Islam

Kamran Pasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anwar Al Awlaki, Terrorism, Prophet Muhammad, Saladin, Hamoud Al-Hitar, Al-Awlaki, Extremist Islam, Fundamentalist Islam, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Moderate Islam, Radical Islam, Religion News
Kamran Pasha

Like Jim Jones, a personality cult has formed around Anwar al-Awlaki. There is a word for that kind of personality cult in Islam: idolatry.

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