Islamic fundamentalism is best understood through English Calvinist Puritanism

Evidence

The single most useful volume for understanding the character, appeal, limitations, and historical role of late-twentieth-century Islamic fundamentalism may well be Walzer’s study of sixteenthand seventeenth-century English Calvinist Puritanism. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 1054

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis and the idea that religious-political movements are often structurally comparable across cultures and eras; echoes the reader’s interest in how movements signal identity (cf. ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article logic).
• SEED: An essay comparing the structural logic of Puritan radicalism and late-20th-century Islamic revivalism as parallel ‘second-wave’ movements within their respective civilizational traditions.