ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM ANd JIHADIslamic Fundamentalism is a relatively new phenomenon and a radical departure from the purposes of islam justifying the means (or war) rather than the end (peace and social order). Terrorism has defeated the purposes of Islam in a definite way by blowing the aggression out of proportion. Elements of aggression are also present in other religious texts like say the Bhagavada Gita, but if illiterate unwise individuals exaggerate this, any religion will