Extremism In Global Politics

Extremism has become one of the most significant phenomena in the early 21st century, it has dominated the global politics and led to the sudden rise in violence resulting in the massive loss of life and instability all over the globe. However, when one talks about extremism, the very first thing strikes in our mind is Islamic fundamentalism, which has really changed the image of Islam and Muslim, which is in conflict with Muslim’s own view of Islam and Muslims. Extremism not only stems from Islamic fundamentalism, but from the “fundamentalism” whose two complementary nodes i.e., Far-right groups and Islamic fundamentalism have dominated the global politics. On one hand, far-right groups like English defence league and National action network

It is widely held among the influential circles in the EU that Muslims pose a serious cultural and political threat which is a serious question for around 15 million Muslims living there. On the other hand, West has always been taken as enemy and their so-called modernism has always been perceived as tools to corrupt human and more specifically Islam, advocate of political Islam in the Islamic circle hates west for its materialism, individualism, its open culture and its little respect for human and moral values, further Israeli occupation has increased the skepticism for West. This hate and fear gradually turn itself and takes the form of violence. This has resulted in the increase of disturbing incidents of Islamophobia and deadly terror attacks which claims lives of innocents and fuel more hate and fear for each other, thus helping these extremist group to strengthen their narrative when the opposite group engage in such terror activities. The more there is chaos in the society the more their chances of galvanizing support from their respective community. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report showing a 57 percent increase in anti-Muslim incidents in 2016 over the previous years and also a report from FBI’s Hate Crime Statistics, 2016,

They need each other to sustain, their narratives are based with respect to another group. These are products of the social system. Their politics of identity has created opposed identities which are complementary to each other, they seek social recognition and acceptance and the system, which helps them to flourish and nurture. There competing narratives are morally and politically equivalent, they are very similar both in terms of the nature of their ideologies, their moral deductions, and their potential political impact. Both are based on the victimization of an in-group and the demonization of an out-group; both blame the "corrupt political establishment" and "rigged mainstream media" for all that is going wrong and aim to bring about radical societal change by creating countercultures. They both yearn for purity and a desire to establish homogeneous societies, united either by religious beliefs or ideological convictions, each group claims that it represents the only correct worldview and seeks to exclude those who don 't share it. both tend to encourage apocalyptic thinking and conspiracy theories, which can incite violence and in some cases, inspire terrorism. Far-right attacks against minority communities, refugee camps, and political opponents have been more frequent but less spectacular — as a result, they were often not