Fundamentalism can de defined as a movement or attitude stressing strict and truthful loyalty to a set of basic principles. Islamic Fundamentalism, can be seen as the emergence from US interventions made in the Middle East states, that embedded is anti-western sentiment against Americans. That is a very true case today, as Gilbert Achcar in his book The Clash of Barbarisms: Sept 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder, argues that the growing influence of radical anti-Western Islamic Fundamentalism in the Arab world is due to the defeat of Nassarism (Arab nationalism) and the national developmentalist model, the position of the petit bourgeoisie (composed of manufacturers, shopkeepers, artisans, and peasants), and the role played by the US in supporting repressive regimes in the region (ME).
Nassarism and the national developmentalist model, the petit bourgeoisie, and US support of regimes can all interrelate. All of these are main causes of anti-western fundamentalism that is spread throughout the entire Middle East. Dating back to postwar WWII, Nassarism and the national developmentalist model emerged from the idea brought up by the successor Nasser who nationalized Egypt unde
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