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Rethinking Islamic fundamentalism
[The News (Pak)] The term ’Islamic fundamentalism’ has invariably been used in recent times to define the political radicalisation of fringe groups in Moslem states, groups that have haunted the political status quo both in the East and the West. The economic globalisation of post colonialism has tended to generate an international political milieu where it becomes hard to define any political event across the globe in the strict geographical sense.The relationship of core and periphery in terms of globalisation is an important aspect to understand the rise of what is called Islamic fundamentalism. The core of the capitalist system benefit the most from globalisation whereas the peripheral economies of the developing world are adversely affected by it. Islamism has risen in societies tarnished by the globalisation of capitalism on the one hand, and rise of postcolonial dependent politicianship in their societies on the other. The political and economic dependence these postcolonial societies inherited has perpetuated with the same intensity, framed in the models followed by the ruling elite of Moslem societies; these models could serve the interests of core economies only. The political reforms of Mustafa Kemal in the aftermath of the First World War were an attempt to modernise the traditional political and economic structure of Posted by: Fred 2016-11-09 |
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