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...Armstrong, a former nun, respected theologian and author of such best-selling books as A History of God and Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, defined fundamentalism as an act of panic...
...Armstrong, a scholar in residence at Lowell House, presented the excessively rapid and at times oppressive secularization of Muslim countries as a possible explanation for their fundamentalism. “Fundamentalism often develops in a symbiotic relationship with secularism,” she said...
...Armstrong was careful to note that not all fundamentalists are terrorists. However, she said fundamentalist views can lead to violence...
...Armstrong contradicted Osama bin Laden’s reading of the Qu’ran as a call for unbelievers to be destroyed. She said violent passages in the Bible and Qu’ran are always succeeded by exultations of peace and mercy...
Furthermore, Armstrong informed her audience as to the true definition of the often misused Arabic word “jihad...