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'''Islamic fundamentalism''' is a [[radical]] movement within [[Islam]] that seeks to violently advance certain political and religious goals. It is the ideological basis for much of the [[terrorism]] occurring in the [[Middle East]] and elsewhere.
 
'''Islamic fundamentalism''' is a [[radical]] movement within [[Islam]] that seeks to violently advance certain political and religious goals. It is the ideological basis for much of the [[terrorism]] occurring in the [[Middle East]] and elsewhere.
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[[Bernard Lewis]] wrote, "Islamic fundamentalism has given an aim and a form to the otherwise aimless and formless resentment and anger of the Muslim masses at the forces that have devalued their traditional values and loyalties and, in the final analysis, robbed them of their beliefs, their aspirations, their dignity, and to an increasing extent even their livelihood." [http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1990/09/the-roots-of-muslim-rage/304643/5/ The Roots of Muslim Rage]
    
Since [[Barack Hussein Obama]] was elected [[president]], many in the [[United States]] fear that Islamic fundamentalism could take root and even spread on American soil.
 
Since [[Barack Hussein Obama]] was elected [[president]], many in the [[United States]] fear that Islamic fundamentalism could take root and even spread on American soil.
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