Argument Type: Explanatory

18 pages

• Islamic movements exploit the remaining energy
• Bigoted movements are shaped by contexts
• External support strengthens religious protest
• Religion alone does not explain fanaticism
• Stagnation reinforces fundamentalism and Salafism
• Ritual creates legitimacy
• The effectiveness of juridical discourse stems from divine presence
• The rise of fundamentalisms is a reaction
• The crisis of marginalization fuels the revival of jihad
• Decline has multiple structural causes
• Population growth reinforces the mythic inclination
• Obedience to authority results from internalizing supreme awe
• Reason speaks in the name of God and the Prophet
• The return of the religious factor and the conditions of crisis
• Terrorism is linked to policies and despotism
• The crisis of the modern Arab-Islamic world
• Averroes succeeded in Europe and failed here
• Islamic fundamentalism is the offspring of political theology