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In religion, an emphasis on basic principles
or articles of faith. Christian
fundamentalism emerged in the USA just after
World War I (as a reaction to theological
modernism and the historical criticism of the
Bible) and insisted on belief in the literal
truth of everything in the Bible. Islamic
fundamentalism insists on strict observance
of Muslim Shari'a law. Christian adherents
see the virgin birth, the physical
resurrection of Jesus, the atonement, and the
Bible miracles as fundamental to their faith.
The movement soon became more belligerent,
attempting to outlaw the teaching of
evolution (as in Dayton, Tennessee, 1925) and
replace it with creationism. In the 1950s a
more moderate tendency broke off to form the
evangelical movement, which claims to carry
on the original intentions of Fundamentalism.