By Fiore Geelhoed

Islamic fundamentalist routine comparable to Salafism are of significant main issue to Western societies just like the Netherlands, but a lot is still unknown approximately those phenomena. Striving for Allah goals to fill within the blanks by way of proposing basic information from indepth qualitative examine within the Netherlands and, to a lesser quantity, Britain. first of all, this examine compares orthodox, radical and extremist teams concerning attitudes, explanations, purposes, and behavior, inside Islamic fundamentalism. Secondly, it provides an leading edge theoretical framework that contributes to the certainty of the charm of Islamic fundamentalism to converts, a huge crew that's usually missed. the writer unearths that Dutch Muslim fundamentalists usually are not as `other as is usually assumed. as a substitute, this learn demonstrates that Islamic fundamentalism between Dutch and different Western Muslims is to a wide volume a Western phenomenon. Islamic fundamentalism is consequently a very international phenomenon.

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