Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic Fundamentalism
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policy to be a total failure, the reason being that the
issue was not that of conducting a purely physical
struggle, but of exposing and scotching the fallacies
of a flawed ideology. You can win a fight with
arms, but to defeat an ideology, a counter-ideology
is a
sine qua non.
Without that nothing can be
achieved.
There is no doubt about it that Muslim
fundamentalism is a threat to peace, for, due to
their fanaticism, its proponents do not stop short of
resorting to destructive activity, even if it should
prove suicidal. Now the task we must undertake is
to make use of the media on all fronts in order to
make people aware of the fact that this political
interpretation of Islam is totally without basis either
in the Quran or in the examples set by the Prophet
in thought, word and deed. As opposed to this
erroneous interpretation, the true values of Islam,
based on peace, brotherhood and well-wishing
should be presented to the public. If this correct
interpretation of Islam could be brought to people’s
attention, I should have high hopes that the
majority of the people who have been misguided
would abandon the path of hatred and violence and
