Islamist movements define their program as undoing Westernization rather than rejecting modernity wholesale

Evidence

In his denunciation of the misdeeds of the Shah, Khomeini laid special emphasis on the Western-style emancipation of women, and the sharing of political power with non-Muslims. Other proponents of re- Islamization, in Egypt and elsewhere, have made similar complaints. Their cri­ tique is not, however, limited to these issues, but covers the whole range of social and cultural modernization. Their declared purpose is to undo all the political, legal, and consequent social changes that have been introduced during the period of Westernization, and to restore the full panoply of the Islamic state and the Islamic holy law. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1501

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks to the representation cluster on how Islamic ‘fundamentalism’ got framed for Western audiences — echoes Said and anti-Orientalist critiques of lumping diverse movements.