Western and US intervention historically fueled Islamic fundamentalism as resistance

Evidence

Not only has European colonialism in the Middle East inspired unprecedented forms of Islam, including fundamentalism, as a strategy of resistance to Western interference and criticism, but U.S. interventions during the Cold War have further supported the growth of fundamentalism. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 573

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the ‘Grafting & Growth’ piece’s theme that imperial infrastructure can spawn its own subversive counter-forms; also connects to contemporary analysis of blowback in US foreign policy literature.