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I don't think the danger is so much in fundamentalism...although any form of exremism can be dangerous if it involves "true believers". I think the danger comes when the religous is combined with the government. In my humble opinion, most of the places where trouble is currently arising have governments that are based in religion. Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran are all absed on the muslim religion and all seem to take a fundamentalist view. Israel is based on religion, but swings back and forth between the fundamentalist conservatives and the moderates.
When we take religion, which is generally unyielding in it'as opinion of it's own righteousness and combine it with the government, who's objective is "law and order" we end up with a dangerous combination, A government that is not open to question and reports to "God", not to the people. A government that is "right" no matter what, because they are following the "truth" in their governance.
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