It can be argued that Islamic "fundamentalism" was in large part
1. the result of the economic decline caused by the exhaustion of Middle Eastern oil reserves.
2. inevitable after the creation of an independent Israel in 1948.
3. caused by the preaching rhetoric of Abdul Nasser.
4. a rational reaction to the threatened loss of cultural identity to the forces of materialism.
5. the consequence of the West's victory in the Gulf War.
Answer: 4. a rational reaction to the threatened loss of cultural identity to the forces of materialism.
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