GLOBALNI IZAZOV POLITIČKOG ISLAMA
POLITICAL ISLAM AS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Summary/Abstract: In the opposition to the “New World Order”, the global reality emerging from the unilateralism in international relations, in the global fragmentation, Islamism threatens Western dominance in policy and culture. Islamist rejection of the West contributes to a global balkanization, challenging the liberal notion of globalization as democratic and free trade-open market based world order. Fundamentalism is generally viewed as a re-emergent traditional religion expressing itself in the wider society through rigid politics. Inherently violent and repressive, political Islamic fundamentalism is a modern totalitarian movement that makes selective use of popular religious devotion. Contemporary Islamic projects are becoming increasingly disconnected from a particular territory, partly as a consequence of the failure of all attempts to build an Islamic state. Basic Islamic paradox is in moving toward individualistic concept within the context of a de-territorialized global space, becoming disconnected from a specific culture, as consequence of immigration melting. “New Age” Islam and Islamism, in Western social framework emerge as increasingly detached from traditional cultures and tend to create new, purely religious communities, based on sharp political dichotomy. As the global Islam itself, Islamism is becoming a “deculturated” (Oliver Roy) global phenomenon. De-territorialization and Westernization of political Islam also brought Western Balkans as important traditional Muslim territory in focus of important analysis, concern, and even political manipulation in connecting the Islamic communities with Islamism substantially.

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