<u>Islamic fundamentalists support:</u>
-Sharia (Sharia is the body of Islamic law. It constitutes a detailed code of conduct, which also includes the norms relating to the modes of worship, the criteria of morality and life, the things allowed or forbidden, and the separating rules between good and evil. However, its identification with religion is nuanced: although it is in Islam, it is not a dogma or something indisputable -as could be the text of the Koran-, but an object of interpretation).
-The rule of a Caliph (The Sunni branch of Islam stipulates that, as head of state, a caliph must be chosen by the Muslims or their representatives.The followers of Shiite Islam, however, believe that a caliph must be an Imam chosen by God from Ahl al- Bayt -the direct descendants of Muhammad-. In simpler terms, the Sunni majority favors elections, while the Shiite minority prefers the bloodline).
-Religious governments (These groups seek to impose governments based on Sharia, Quran and other Islamic religious precepts. The Caliphates are an example of this type of government).
<u>Islamic fundamentalists oppose:</u>
-Democracy (These groups are characterized by establishing corrupt and dictatorial governments, quite the opposite of the concept of democracy).
-Secular governments (Islamic fundamentalism has come into conflict with the secular state, which is based, mainly, on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
-Western culture (Islamic fundamentalism is totally opposed to Western culture, considering it as "infidel").
