Fundamentalism

supporting political leaders, cultivating presidents, ministers and heads of government with financial supports. Osama bin Laden put a lot of thought into the attack on the West. He moved to Sudan, “a country with a government in accord with Islamic fundamentalism” (Landau, 2002, p. 58). Sudan had the atmosphere for someone to find support for ideology as well as putting ideas to action. Bin Laden and his terrorist group, Al- Qaeda, planned to strike at US targets throughout the world. Their…

In The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th- Century America, Johnson and Wilentz reveal the economic, social, sexual, and racial atmosphere that gave rise to cults and virile charismatic leaders. They recreate an intriguing story of a flawed prophet and the wrongly guided followers during the 1820-1830-time period. Throughout their writings the authors provide usage of stories and memoirs of Margaret Matthews, William Stone, and Gilbert Vale when constructing the life and…

Palestine and Israel are two countries that have many conflicts concerning the desire to possess the same land. Issues such as different demographic views, religious views, political views ,territorial views, and so on have created a resentment towards one another. The articles “Roots of Muslim Rage” and “Brother against Brother” have created a voice for peoples opinion on why the peace process between Israel and Palestine has not yet succeeded. These articles have also allowed us to formulate…

intense in extremely primitive corners of the Globe while nurturing the last is still almost consensually approved in modern Western cultures. Both are prime attractive forces of the ‘hard dying’ Old World Impulse manifesting in pseudo-religious fundamentalism and militarism respectively. Both are dark and smelly mental ‘residue’ of still strong “Killing Principle” within ‘Transitional’ Humans. Obviously, those states of ‘bones chilling winter’ mental climates are essential for genuine learning…

focuses on race in the light of terrorism, on who you can and can’t trust. How others look at brown people funny in the airports, ever since 9/11 occurred. “William always scanned the airports and the airplanes for little brown guys who reeked of fundamentalism” (107). While Richard focuses on the negative about his race himself in Lawyers League, William focuses on the negatives of others races, for the most part in Flight Patterns. William falls under the category of stereotyping others…

that there are ulterior motives the lead into the death penalty, which cannot be allowed for the death penalty to be considered good policy. In addition to minority motives, there are also religious ones. Miller and Hayward (2008), found that, Fundamentalism, belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible, the perception that one’s religious group favors the death penalty, and the belief that God requires the death penalty for murderers all predict greater verdict preference strength in the…

Taken Hostage On November 4, 1979 a group of angered Iranian students flooded into the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran. What was planned to be a purely symbolic sit-in quickly turned into a dramatic 444-day ordeal in which 52 American diplomats and citizens alike were held hostage until their release in January of 1981. David Farber’s “Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America’s First Encounter with Radical Islam” delves into the history behind the United State’s first encounter…

made the government to enforce the 18th Amendment to Constitution. Fundamentalist Christianity Vs. Scientific Modernism Increasing numbers of Christians were coming to reconcile the revelations of religion with the findings of modern science, Fundamentalism, with its emphasis on literal reading of the Bible, remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life. Fundamentalist Christianity Vs. Scientific Modernism were important, because it was a vibrant force in American spiritual life.…

This guilt and redemption becomes a major theme of the novel. The tension that pervades throughout the novel, does not emerge from a mere juxtaposition of the opposite forces like sin and redemption, loyalty and betrayal, political and religious fundamentalism and secular liberalism; it is rather a result of failed reconciliation between the opposites that brings about the crises leading to a dilemma. For the author as well as the protagonist of the novel, Afghanistan in those difficult times…

Are GMOs “living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory,” which results in “unstable conditions…that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods” (Non GMO Project)? Or is genetic engineering simply a process that “takes a beneficial trait that helps a living thing thrive in nature…and adapts that trait to a new plant so it can better survive in its environment” (Monsanto)? Can new biotechnologies and GMOs solve global nutrition…