All of them were members of the congregation of St. Nicholas in Pyzhi, whose archpriest, Alexander Shargunov, is a well known radical fundamentalist.

Overall, there are two conflicting images of Islam a peaceful Islam, which is ready for dialogue and coexistence, and a fundamentalist Islam, which is militant and even terrorist.

Enquiries carried out by the Mission established that approximately three years before, Mr. Abu Adas had changed from being a carefree teenager and became a religious fundamentalist.

The presidency of Mohammad Khatami, an avowed reformer, who served eight years, beginning in 1997, convinced the Supreme Leader that his authority would be assured only if the presidency was held by a subservient fundamentalist such as the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Thus, the most lasting effect of the first reformist wave was the establishment of a salafi (traditionalist) trend and eventually the emergence of an even more radical fundamentalism.

The simplest explanation for this may be found in Flaubert s words about Don Quixote I found my origins in this book, which I knew by heart before I learned how to read.

Indeed, President Hafez Al Assad, Bashar s father, massacred up to 38,000 mainly Sunni fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood insurgents in Hama in 1982.

By enhancing nuclear proliferation and the transfer of essential nuclear and related technologies to the Middle East s most radical regime, Kim Jong Il hopes to shape radical Islamic fundamentalism as a bastion of pro North Korean feeling.