RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
Fundamentalist trends advocate an interested interpretation of the Holy Scriptures (the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, etc.) and defend their application as the utmost authority.
Literal interpretation of the Genesis and rejection of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution are examples of Christian fundamentalism; as are opposition to sex outside marriage, the use of contraception and relations between people of the same sex. Given the secularisation of contemporary Europe, Islamic fundamentalism takes on an anti-western slant. The triumph of the Iranian Revolution (1979) reinforced this viewpoint and led to the application of thousand-year-old Quranic Laws in both civilian and legal areas of life.
Although fundamentalism believes itself capable of ending the problems of modern society, what it often in fact does is to avoid confronting them by refusing even to recognise them as such. Defending strict application of the Holy Scriptures collides head-on with respect for certain human rights.
Giza Eskubideen Aldarrikapena
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/bsq.htm
Euskadiko GGKEen Koordinakundea
http://www.ongdeuskadi.org/principal_e.asp