Islamic Fundamentalism Quotes

• Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism

  Jurgen Habermas

  Religious, Islamic, Political

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• Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

  Michel Chossudovsky

  Islamic, Poverty, Mass

  "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order". Book by Michel Chossudovsky, 2003.

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• Everyone has the right to practice their religion, to worship as they choose. My war is against Islamic fundamentalism.

  Marine Le Pen

  War, Islamic, Practice

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The rise of what's called Islamic fundamentalism is to a significant extent a result of the collapse of secular nationalist alternatives which were either discredited internally or destroyed, leaving few other options. Something like that may be true of American society.

  Noam Chomsky

  Islamic, Leaving, Alternatives

  Source: chomsky.info

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• I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.

  John Bolton

  Country, Giving Up, Islamic

  Source: humanevents.com

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• Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.

  Jacob T. Schwartz

  Islamic, Cocktails, Radical

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• Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.

  Uri Avnery

  War, Islamic, Israel

  "War Now!" by Uri Avnery, September 9, 2002.

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• Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

  Dominique de Villepin

  Islamic, Deny, Fundamentalism

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• It is my responsibility to make sure that the fear is overcome… “This attack must instead free our speech about Islamic fundamentalism. We must not be silenced.

  Marine Le Pen

  Islamic, Responsibility, Overcoming

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• Military intervention to maintain the global status quo will become a constant feature of international relations, whether this is justified in terms of fighting drugs, fighting terrorism, containing 'rogue states', opposing 'Islamic fundamentalism', or containing China.

  Walden Bello

  Military, Islamic, Fighting

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• Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Islamic, People, Culture

  "American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear". Book by Khaled A. Beydoun, April 3, 2018.

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• The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.

  Bill Richardson

  Islamic, Talking, Iraq

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• Enemies are somewhere else, as the fighting is almost always “over there,” with Islamic fundamentalism now replacing Russian and Chinese communism as the implacable, furtive menace. And “terrorist” is a more flexible word than “communist.” It can unify a larger number of quite different struggles and interests. What this may mean is that the war will be endless---since there will always be some terrorism.

  Susan Sontag

  War, Struggle, Islamic

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.200, Macmillan

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