The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TALIBAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TALIBAN
- Fundamentalist movement I outlaw after short conference
- Function without a liberal fundamentalist
- Extremist born in leaderless 24
- Starts to take alcoholic liquor in prohibition? They won’t like it
- Political fundamentalists, a party to keep in the shade
- Fundamentalist group beat walls in defence, endlessly
- Tabloid regularly interjects: ‘Time to outlaw fundamentalists!’
- Battalion not to become a medieval force
- In Afghanistan, a bilateral withdrawing sees new rulers
- Turkey’s leader and caliph outlaw Islamist group
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Political fundamentalists" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case political fundamentalists = taliban.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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