14. Why whenever Muslim countries are in crisis, Islamic fundamentalism immediately flourishes?

Crisis in a Muslim country leads to flourishing of Islamic fundamentalism. This is because since the time the Palestinian issue gained prominence, Ikhwanul Muslimeen (the Muslim Brotherhood) has gained a stronghold in Arab countries. The Muslim Brotherhood were initially against the West but later they also turned against their own Arab rulers and tried to dethrone them because they thought that these rulers were agents of the West. In order to destabilize the Arab rule, the Muslim Brotherhood began confronting and clashing with their rulers. As a result, Arab rulers became very sensitive towards Islamic movements, as they considered them to be a form of extremism or fundamentalism whose aim was to revolt against and de-stabilize the existing rule.