In his book “Fundamentalism - The Search For Meaning” Malise Ruthven wrote: “If we want to search for a peaceful solution to the world’s diseases, we should develop a cultural understanding of the military religious activities known as fundamentalism.” The book focuses on the Islamic world, yet it also discusses fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism. The author tries to discover features common to each of these religion’s version of fundamentalism.