Fundamentalism

Prime reality Prime reality refers to what human beings think of the existence of supernatural beings and how they describe them. This question is fundamental in describing the different worldviews that exist among people. According to pluralism, there exist multiple realities. Pluralism accommodates the idea of the existence of various gods who have different roles. On the other hand, scientism restricts the humans to believe in natural occurrences. Some scientists may attribute the…

The major point in common with these criticisms is that equate globalization with imperialism and neocolonialism all oppose what they call market fundamentalism and accuse globalization of promoting consumer lifestyle and materialism. I am torn between accepting and rejecting globalization because just as it can be something amazing for society seeing all the positive aspect of it economically, socially…

In the daily practice of the Islamic faith, followers adhere to the five Pillars of Islam as the foundation of their religious obligation, as it is essential to their faith. As Winfried Corduan lays out the five Pillars of Islam as confession, prayer, fasting, almsgiving and pilgrimage to Mecca (Winfried Corduan, 2012). Confession is key in the Islamic faith, as it sets the foundation for the other pillars to build on, as in most religions, confessing that there is only one God and that God is…

Reflection Assignment Francis Fukayama, “The End of History and the Last Man” Fukuyama presents an argument that at the end of history the world is no longer driven by ideological strife as the fall of the Soviet Union wrought the end of communism as a viable ideology. Fykuyama also asserts that “In the past century, there have been two major challenges to liberalism, those of fascism and of communism… Fascism was destroyed as a living ideology by World War II. This was a defeat, of course,…

the virtual disappearance of any semblance of structured power in Afghanistan left the decentralized jihadi militants in control. In Afghanistan, post-war schools began teaching a new type of Islam, infused with elements of jihad and Islamic fundamentalism, in which thousands of students, funded by American aid, learned to embrace a more radical form of Islam. These students grew into this new ideology and soon formed the core of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement within…

The beginning of Persepolis starts with the subject of the hijab, or also known as the veil. Iranian women were oppressed by the obligation of veiling. There was also an identity conflict among women, and whether or not the veil should be an obligation. One panel in Persepolis depicts women, both traditional and modern ideologies, arguing for and against the veil. Marjane was 10-years old in 1980, the time when wearing the veil at school was obligatory, as well segregation between boys and girls…

with a boat filled with explosives, killing 17 American sailors. Also, back on February 26, 1993 the world trade center was bombed due to the likes of conspirators Ramzi Yousef, And Eyad Ismoil. It is said the motive for the bombing was Islamic fundamentalism…

Summary In Peter Berger’s The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, he did an excellent job in given his readers a deeper understanding of how religion and secularization has been affecting the political aspects that are in society. Berger uses the history located behind religion and secularization to outline the distinctions between the two for his readers to grasp a better understanding of what is going on. Berger makes his stance on the matter clear, “religion…

Islamic law has several sources, which are the primary sources Al-Quran and Sunnah, as well as the secondary sources such as the interpretation by the scholars. In recent years, there is a tendency towards fundamentalism. Modern scholars believe the Islamic Jurisprudence should be renewed, and the classic jurist should lose their special status. This require formulating a new fiqh suitable for current society. It aims is not to challenge the fundamental of Islam, but to clear away the…

In Francis Fukuyama's article 'The End of History?', he argued that the end of the Cold War signified "the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government" (Fukuyama, 1989: 3). In this quotation, Fukuyama claims that the demise of communism meant that Western principles would become the ideological basis for politics for the rest of history- a flip on Marx's claims that the world would become a communist…