ABSTRACT
Many prominent scholars characterizes the religion as incapable of adapting to a globalized society because Islam instinctively opposes globalization and the secular values it entails. The revival of religion—particularly Islam—heralded a mutiny against modernity, globalization, and even secularism. Global chaos theorists computed a calculus that equated globalization to fragmentation because the variable of religion, most of all Islam, signified profound differences in the political visions between civilizations; due to globalization and the insecurities it bred, Muslims would predictably contest and clash with the non-Islamic world. This chapter examines global chaos theories of Islam, which attempt to argue that Islam and globalization are intractably opposed, and problematizes them with theoretical and empirical observations on radical Islam's modes of political praxis. It directs attention to the rise of secularism as a dominant discourse, one that has shaped the relationship between globalization and religion. The chapter also inspects the relationship between the Islamic revival and globalization.
