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Islamic Fundamentalism

Islamic Fundamentalism. What is it?. Islamic Fundamentalism is a conscious attempt to revive and restate the theoretical relevance of Islam in the modern world. Sources of Islam Law – Quran (Holy Book) – Hadith (Sunnah). Hezbollah (Party of God) . What is it?

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Islamic Fundamentalism

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  1. Islamic Fundamentalism

  2. What is it? • Islamic Fundamentalism is a conscious attempt to revive and restate the theoretical relevance of Islam in the modern world. • Sources of Islam Law • – Quran (Holy Book) • – Hadith (Sunnah)

  3. Hezbollah (Party of God) • What is it? • Hezbollah is a powerful political and military organization in Lebanon made up mainly of Shea Muslims. • It emerged with financial backing from Iran in the early 1980s. • It calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. • Argues that Israel has no right to exist and they are occupying Muslim land. • Considered to be a terrorist group

  4. Hezbollah (cont.) • Why was it formed? • The primary reason for forming Hezbollah was to offer resistance to the Israeli occupation • What effects has it made? • Adopted tactic of taking Western Hostages through # of freelance hostage taking cells • In 1983, Hezbollah was thought to have planned a suicide bombing attack killing 241 US marines in Beirut.

  5. Conflicts of Violence • Often times you will find that Muslims have “snipped” verses out of the Quran to justify their aggressive tactics or by those trying to malign the faith. • Example: "slay them wherever you catch them" (Quran 2:191) (This is in it’s snipped version) (The Quran)

  6. Conflicts of Violence (cont.) • “Islam has taken on a violent profile because Islam is being suppressed, quarantined, persecuted-most directly by the rulers of the nations where most Muslims live” (R. Scott Appleby: Global Fundamentalism)

  7. Conflicts of Violence (cont.) • Even in defensive war, Muslim areonly to fight directly against those who are attacking them, not innocentbystanders or non-combatants. • Nowhere in the Qur'an can be found support for indiscriminate slaughter, the killing of non-combatants, or murder of innocent persons in 'payback' for another people's alleged crimes.

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