Christian Fundamentalism vs Islamic Fundamentalism

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Fundamentalist Christianity

From Wikipedia

The original formulation of American fundamentalist beliefs can be traced to the Niagara Bible Conference (1878–1897) and, in 1910, to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church which distilled these into what became known as the “five fundamentals”[3]:

  • Inerrancy of the Scriptures
  • The virgin birth and the deity of Jesus
  • The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God’s grace and human faith
  • The bodily resurrection of Jesus
  • The authenticity of Christ’s miracles (or, alternatively, his premillenial second coming)

Biblical inerrancy is the view that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is in every detail infallible and without error in the original autographs.

An autograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset document or one transcribed by an amanuensis or a copyist; the meaning overlaps with that of the word holograph.

Fundamentalist Islam

From Wikipedia

  • It describes the beliefs of traditional Muslims; that they should restrict themselves to literal and traditional interpretations of their sacred texts, the Qur’an and Hadith (since they view these as “fundamental” to Islam). By extension, fundamentalism may include a variety of religious movements and groups in Muslim communities which may be entirely apolitical. An example is the Tablighi Jamaat, a missionary-like organization whose main goal is to increase the personal piety of its members. Islamic fundamentalism thus describes an Islamic conservatism which forms part of the spectrum of modern Islamic societies.
  • It describes Muslim groups which advocate Islamism and the replacement of secular state laws with Islamic law, also known as Shari’a.

As with adherents of other fundamentalist movements, Islamic fundamentalists hold that the problems of the world stem from secular influences.

Further, the path to peace and justice in this world lies in a return to the original message of the faith, combined with a scrupulous rejection of all Bid’ah (”innovation”) and perceived anti-Islamic traditions.

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