Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes -Islamofascism, False Consciousness, Personal Finance
30 Nov 2012
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Various names for the ideology that inspires radical groups such as al-qaeda, lashkar-e-taiba and other groups: Political islam, radical islamism, islamic fundamentalism, or islamofascism. This new ideology see themselves as true muslims, and their interpretation of islam as the only true and authentic version of it. Islam is a religion and therefore an ideology like other religions, but a minority variant of islam called radical or fundamentalist islamism, does qualify as an ideology. Muslims holds that islam is a complete way of life, governing activities such as morals, marriage, diet, dress, prayer, personal finance, and family life. Only through submission to god"s will that that individual can find peace in this life and paradise in the next. A split developed within islam that continues today: The split between the sunni and the shi"ite muslims. These two groups have their own answers for the question of who will follow mohammed"s footsteps.
