Editing Islamic fundamentalism (section)

==Conflicts with the secular state==
Islamic fundamentalism's push for ''sharia'' and an [[Islamic state]] has come into conflict with conceptions of the [[secular]], [[democracy|democratic]] state, such as the internationally supported [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. Anthony J. Dennis notes that "Western and Islamic visions of the state, the individual and society are not only divergent, they are often totally at odds."<ref>Dennis, Anthony J. ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996) p. 26</ref> Among human rights<ref>''See'' Dennis, Anthony J. "Fundamentalist Islam and Human Rights" pp. 36–56 in ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat of the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996).</ref> fundamentalist Muslims oppose are:
* Freedom from [[Islamic religious police|religious police]]
* Equality issues between men and women<ref>''See'' Dennis, Anthony J. "The Attack on Women's Rights" pp. 40–44 in ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996).</ref> (And thus fundamentalist muslims are not [[feminists]])
* [[Separation of religion and state]]<ref>''See'' Dennis, Anthony J. "Strange Bedfellows: Fundamentalist Islam and Democracy" pp. 31–33 in ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996).</ref>
* [[Freedom of speech]]<ref>''See'' Dennis, Anthony J. "The Attack on Freedom of Expression" pp. 47–56 in ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat of the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996).</ref>
* [[Freedom of religion]]<ref>''See'' Dennis, Anthony J. "The Attack on Other Religions" pp. 44–47 in ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996)</ref><ref>"Murtad", ''Encyclopedia of Islam''</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/story/2005/02/050202_mj-montzari-renegade.shtml Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri: "Not Every Conversion is Apostasy"], by Mahdi Jami, In Persian, BBC Persian, 2 February 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2006.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4850080.stm What Islam says on religious freedom], by Magdi Abdelhadi, 27 March 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545098&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaE Fatwa on Intellectual Apostasy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425092251/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545098&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaE |date=25 April 2009 }}, Text of the fatwa by Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi</ref><ref>S. A. Rahman in "Punishment of Apostasy in Islam", Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore, 1972, pp. 10–13</ref><ref>[http://www.islamicperspectives.com/Apostasy1.htm The punishment of apostasy in Islam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926233750/http://www.islamicperspectives.com/Apostasy1.htm |date=26 September 2009 }}, View of Dr. Ahmad Shafaat on apostasy.</ref>