Editing Islamic fundamentalism (section)

====Defense====
In contrast, American author Anthony J. Dennis accepts the widespread usage and relevance of the term and calls Islamic fundamentalism "more than a religion today, it is a worldwide movement." He notes the intertwining of social, religious and political goals found within the movement and states that Islamic fundamentalism "deserves to be seriously studied and debated from a secular perspective as a revolutionary ideology."<ref>Dennis, Anthony J. ''The Rise of the Islamic Empire and the Threat to the West'' (Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 1996), p. i.</ref>

At least two Muslim academics, Syrian philosopher [[Sadiq Jalal al-Azm]] and Egyptian philosopher [[Hassan Hanafi]], have defended the use of the phrase. Surveying the doctrines of the new Islamic movements, Al-Azm found them to consist of "an immediate return to Islamic 'basics' and 'fundamentals'.&nbsp;... It seems to me quite reasonable that calling these Islamic movements 'Fundamentalist' (and in the strong sense of the term) is adequate, accurate, and correct."<ref>Sadik J. al-Azm, "Islamic Fundamentalism Reconsidered: A Critical Outline of Problems, Ideas and Approaches", ''South Asia Bulletin, [[Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East]]'', 1 and 2 (1993), pp. 95–7.</ref>

Hassan Hanafi reached the same conclusion: "It is difficult to find a more appropriate term than the one recently used in the West, 'fundamentalism,' to cover the meaning of what we name Islamic awakening or revival."<ref>Quoted by Bassam Tibi, "The Worldview of Sunni Arab Fundamentalists: Attitudes toward Modern Science and Technology," in Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, eds., ''Fundamentalisms and Society'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993), p. 85.</ref>