List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2014. Vol. 9
Theological Foundations of Fundamentalism in Contemporary Islam
Author(s)
T. V. Izluchenko
Abstract
This article offers the author's conception of Islamic fundamentalism, religious extremism and such an ambiguous phenomenon of Islamic theology as «salafism». The author highlights and gives short characteristics for two main courses, existing in contemporary Islamic fundamentalism – theological and political movements on the example of the views of Abu Yahiya the Crimean, and ideology of «Hizb ut-Tahrir».
Keywords
Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, salafism, Abu Yahiya the Crimean, «Hizb ut-Tahrir»
UDC
28-63