Religious Fundamentalism and Modernity

Abstract

The paper is inspired by the author's effort to point out the need for a more comprehensive consideration of religious fundamentalism, in relation to modern society. The intention of this paper is to analyze fundamentalism in its historically known manifestations and to try to objectively point out its aspects that are not always Islamic or religious, and to place it in the context of modernism. This paper aims to answer two research questions: How does religious fundamentalism view the modern world and how does the contemporary world view religious fundamentalism? What are the common points and differences between modernism and religious fundamentalism, especially Islamic? The justification of the work stems from the fact that this paper seeks to contribute to the expansion of existing scientific and professional knowledge in the field of security studies, especially religious fundamentalism. This paper will contribute to shedding light on certain misconceptions that exist in today’s modern society regarding Islamic fundamentalism.