Fundamenalism in all faiths

I finished with Karen Armstrong's Islam. It was a good book very informative. I have understood many things about Mongol period, Ottoman empire, Muslim empire in India. I always wanted to read more about Mongol and Ottoman empire. I got a basic information of it from the book but not detailed one.

The book starts with short biography of prophet Muhammad and origin of Islam. Then it takes readers to the period of the Mongols; with an introduction to the Safavids, the Moguls, and the Ottomans empire. Lastly it points out challenges before Islam in today's modern society. Here I got my real answer for fundamentalism.

Armstrong has correctly mentioned that fundamentalism has surfaced in all major faiths in response to the problems of our modernity. This is true because no religion can claim that it does not have any issue of fundamentalism. But one can easily understood that the root of fundamentalism lays in the modern society. As certain part of the society keeps progressing by suppressing other section the rift between the two widens. This increasing gap encourages fundamentalism.

A recent example is Malegaon blast case, where Hindu fundamentalists were alleged of being involved. The reason for mentioning the particular example is that till now the all communities used to point out Muslims as fundamentalists, but its not true.

Back on the book, it has written in a balanced way and with a simple language so that common people can read and understand about the religion. Some of my doubts are still not clear about Islam. I think I need to read more about it. Someone has suggested me Martin Lings, Montgomery Watt or Maxime Rodinson, Bernard Lewis and Achdiat Karta Mihardja. I have long way to go!