Islamic Fundamentalist
Militant Islam is the major threat to peace and stability in the world Islamic Militants refers to the most extreme conservative wing of any religion. Islamic militants believe that Islam provides the one and only solution to all questions in this world, from public policy to private conduct. ... Saudi Arabia, a Sunni nation, follows Islamic law, but its hard-liners say the nation is not strict enough. ... Ruhollah Khomeini, who bore the religious title ayatollah, led a 1979 revolution that toppled the shah and made Khomeini the first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Sayyid Qutb, a literary critic and member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, argued that the Arab world had descended into a state of "jahiliyya," or pre-Islamic ignorance, characterized by false Muslims undermining the faith within.