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A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses this work. Experts agree that defining and understanding Islam, particularly fundamentalist Islam, is extremely difficult, but they agree on little else. This examination of Islam in contemporary society, first of all, examines the points made by Oliver Roy in his text Globalized Islam, and then discusses his perspective in relation to other viewpoints. Bibliography listings for the sources are incomplete, 3 are cited in the text.
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of all, examines the points made by Oliver Roy in his text Globalized Islam, and then discusses his perspective in relation to other viewpoints. Roy endeavors to illuminate why fundamentalist
Islam has such a strong appeal in such broad variety of communities. He perceives the spread of fundamentalist Islam as a direct consequence of sociological change, such as globalization, rather
than as a cultural phenomenon that is grounded in respect for the unchanging values of the past. He differentiates between todays neo-fundamentalist and the traditionalists. For Roy, contemporary neo-fundamentalism is
"born-again Islam" and is strictly a result of the modern day diaspora of Muslims throughout the Western world. Islamic religious debate, for example, is no longer the sole province of
learned scholars and teachers. He argues that Islam has been secularized in that it is debated outside of traditional institutions. Roy pictures individualized Islam being objectified and delinked from
the forces of culture. Objectification of Islam is the "mechanical consequences of the delinking of religion and culture," as "Globalization has blurred the connection between a religion, a pristine
culture, a specific society and a territory" (Roy 24). The new "generation of educated, Western born-again Muslims do not want to be Pakistanis or Turks; they want to be Muslims
first" (Roy 25). As this indicates, Roy sees fundamentalist Islam as both a "product and an agent of globalization," due to the fact that it recognizes the "loss of pristine
cultures," but also because contemporary Islamic fundamentalism constructs a "universal religious identity," which is delinked from any cultural influence, including Western influence, which is perceived as being corrupt and decadent"
(Roy 25). This is linked by Roy to a growing trend to the individualization of religious practice which has provided the impetus for the creation of new communities of
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