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Article: The infidels are us. (Anatomy of a fundamentalist cause).(Islamic fundamentalism)
- Article from:
- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 8, 2002
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IN THE WAKE of the terrorist fury unleashed by Osama bin Laden and his Islamic al-Qaeda organization on September 11, Western analysts have been scrambling to analyze the competing ideologies that have brought about a violent collision between two cultures. The American culture of consumerism and of popular entertainment has spread deep into the Muslim world, and there collided with Islamic fundamentalism's moral struggle against infidels and their Muslim quislings.
For the most part the West has paid little heed to the competing ideologies behind the terrorist attacks, and in stead has focused on what is closer at hand in terms of past U.S. actions and policies. ...
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