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| India-Pakistan |
| Rethinking Islamic fundamentalism |
| 2016-11-09 |
| [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 |
| #10 The Sufis might argue with you, g(r)... Especially for Dr. Steve: American Thinker had an Andrew Bostom piece about the violent side of Sufism back in 2005: Sufi Jihad? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-09 14:04 |
| #9 IMHO, one don't need to waste too much time on rethinking this. Regarding enemies: If you look like a duck, walk like a duck and talk like a duck - guess what! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-11-09 12:02 |
| #8 #7 kinda hung up with air butts Fresh off the reject pile (didn't even have to dig)... If Raqqah's poor Arabs can't spell it, There's no lack of ways they can yell it -- Cue Hemingway: "Prayer? With butts in the air?" -- And a thousand one ways you can smell it. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-11-09 11:01 |
| #7 The real deal had a bull fight fetish, ours kinda hung up with air butts. Course running with the sand crabs in Salinas changes everyone. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-09 09:59 |
| #6 Bottom line: Moslems are not your friends. Let's see what Trump does about Moslem immigration. Let's see what happens to the Moslems who are already here. Let's see how Merkel does and the EUroweenies in general. They let a LOT of Moslems in...and learned what that gets you. Stupid people don't live to be old. Allow me to repeat myself...you want to Pray with your butt in the air ? Just BEND OVER, clown. |
| Posted by: Hupack Shinesh2768 2016-11-09 05:19 |
| #5 Taquia |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-09 02:25 |
| #4 The Sufis might argue with you, g(r)... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-11-09 02:19 |
| #3 Nope Crusader. They are just Muslims. There are no moderate ones: just discrete and nondiscrete ones. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-11-09 01:56 |
| #2 Its long past time to call Islam according to their own terms. Those that wish to inflict harm upon "infidels" aren't "extremists". Instead, they are *literalists*. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-11-09 01:45 |
| #1 a rambling mostly incoherent essay which, near as I can tell, blames Islamic terrorism on capitalism |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-11-09 00:13 |