Islamic Fundamentalism, Jihad, and Terrorism 【Review】

This paper is on the relation between jihad and terrorism in the Islamic fundamentalism. Since September 11th, the nation's press, too, has made exclusive coverage of the attack and we have becomemore familiar with many relevant terms, one of which is Islamic fundamentalism. Radical Islamic fun-damentalism is inherently militant in nature and poses a threat to the new world order that emphasizesdemocratic values, particularly after the establishment of the Afghan Taliban. Some Western observers,including policy makers, regard Islamic fundamentalism as a more dangerous ideology and politicalmovement than communism after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Radical Islamic fundamentalist groups launched a fierce war against established authority through ter-rorist means such as kidnapping, assassination, and bombing. They not only attacked government offi-cials and buildings, but also kidnapped and assassinated foreign travelers, journalists, and diplomats.Many Western politicians and scholars regard Islamic fundamentalism as a new global threat. The warbetween communism and the West has been replaced by a new war between the West and Islamic fun-damentalists..