Here a fundamentalist, there a fundamentalist, everywhere a fundamentalist

Take the time to read the article below in full by following the link to Harpers Magazine. It explores the depths of American Christian Fundamentalism, confirming that they are precisely as dangerous to civilization and thought and humanity as Islamist Fundamentalists are: both versions are committed to religion commanded government and a warring allegiance to self-proclaimed holy men and the spread of their one true faith and faith's country. You only have to change the names -- the warrior American haters of this world and humanity adore the Confederate General Stonewall Jackson for his massacre of Mexican civilians en masse during the Mexican-American War and for his "belief" in teaching negroes how to read so they could read the Bible. American Fundamentalists call him worship him as one to be emulated in serving god before country, submitting the country to religion, and murdering if it be "god's will", and consider his letters to his wife to be near "scripture". Well, I think in Badr City the murderous warrior Ali is adored and respected not only as a warrior and leader, but as a writer and religious authority and is given the titles Commander of the Faithful (Ameer-al-Momineen) Father of Dust/Soil (Abu Turab), Winning Lion of God (Asad-ullah), The Charging Lion (Haydar-al-Karrar), Piercing lines, fighter (Safdar). Both Islamists and Christianists and are equally committed to killing homosexuals, liberals, topless women, apostates, heretics, and anyone, essentially, who doesn't accept their views without question.

Here the beginning of the article with the link:

HARPER'S
MAGAZINE

Through a Glass, Darkly
How the Christian right is reimagining U.S. history
Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Originally from December 2006.
By Jeff Sharlet.
We keep trying to explain away American fundamentalism. Those of us not engaged personally or emotionally in the biggest political and cultural movement of our times—those on the sidelines of history—keep trying to come up with theories with which to discredit the evident allure of this punishing yet oddly comforting idea of a deity, this strange god. His invisible hand is everywhere, say His citizen-theologians, caressing and fixing every outcome: Little League games, job searches, test scores, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, the success or failure of terrorist attacks (also known as “signs”), victory or defeat in battle, at the ballot box, in bed.

And - in response to a cogent comment, this addition:

Reading Lolita in Tehran - Middle East Quarterly
Reading Lolita in Tehran, a new memoir by Azar Nafisi, is the story of Iran's revolution from the unusual vantage point of an Iranian-born, American-schooled instructor of English literature, who arrived at Tehran University in the revolutionary year of 1979.