In the Western media and in Western popular thinking, the term fundamentalist is almost restricted to Islamic groups, and yet the New World Order is characterized by the upsurge of so-called fundamentalist religious movements. Fundamentalism is a universal phenomenon, which increases with increasing poverty and racism.

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Nawal El Saadawi was a 20th-century Egyptian feminist writer, activist, doctor and psychiatrist. Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the concerns of women in the Global South pertaining to sexuality, patriarchy, class, and colonialism. Read more on Wikipedia →

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