Word: fundamentalistism
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...abandonment of restraint in launching nuclear tests was a reckless act that has its roots in the rise of the fundamentalist government in India," said Kamal...
Such groups as the Taliban and the overzealous mullahs in Pakistan are correctly labeled as "extremist" but should not be referred to as "fundamentalist" or supporters of "undiluted Islamic law." True Islamic law, taken as a complete system--not the biased and distorted fragments handpicked by the media--outlines a profoundly moderate, logical and equitable life-style applicable to all. NAVID RASHID Washington...
...substantive developments with serious repercussions are occurring in the world around us. Look past zippergate, Henry Hyde, and the daily spin-cycle that produces our national headlines to the real news--in the international section. A cursory glance will yield an exciting array of stories: the beginnings of a fundamentalist revolution in an Islamic nuclear power, a hot war between Iran and Afghanistan and tales of a genocide in the Western world...
...Friday Pakistan's lower house of parliament voted to make the Koran supreme law, clearing the way for a fundamentalist takeover of a country already made unstable by U.S. sanctions. Should the bill pass the upper house of parliament, it will grant unrestricted power for the state to enforce Islamic law, rolling back what meager secular checks currently exist. The bottom line, according to Pakistani analyst Paula Newberg, will be a severe reduction in civil liberties (i.e. freedom...
...other U.S. positions in the region. Although he speaks emotionally of Iraq's suffering under U.N. sanctions, he places the blame where Clinton does--squarely on Saddam Hussein. On the eve of his Washington visit, Abdullah took a step that delighted U.S. officials: he cut Saudi relations with the fundamentalist Taliban rulers in Afghanistan, who have given haven to suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden. The reason, Abdullah explained, was that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar broke three promises he had made to Riyadh to expel or extradite the exiled Saudi fundamentalist accused by the U.S. of masterminding global terror...