fundamentalist
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Despite his fundamentalist beliefs, Khamenei was a nimble politician.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
An adherent of Wahhabism, a conservative and fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam, he hopes to rally a population exhausted by over a decade of conflict.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
In recent years, as memories of Islamic fundamentalist terror have faded and cultural wars have focused more often on anti-Black racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobic language has been less politically dominant, driven underground.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025
He became president of the Master’s College in 1985, which later changed its name to the Master’s University, and presided over unprecedented growth at the fundamentalist institution, The Times wrote in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025
Many of the orphans went to live in fundamentalist madrasas.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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