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Reply to "Back from Saudi Arabia and Egypt"

baseman, you completely ignored my point about religious schisms existing for centuries and will continue to exist. I also mentioned the troubling aspects of the religion.

Previously I mentioned that it is disingenuous to state that the cause of IS is that all Muslims tolerate them - caribny's fool-hardy point.

Just like Guyana it all starts with getting the politics right. Solve that and the other things fall in place. Today's problems can be traced to the Iran of the 70s. Saddam's invasion of Kuwait got Al Qaeda going. The invasion of Iraq and the de-baathification got IS started. With all these political acts the religion still had the schisms it has today and will continue to have.

Like an addict you have to recognize the problem. Saying Islam is the problem will not solve anything. Is there a problem with Islam as its practiced in some places? You bet! Is it the same for other religions? Certainly! The only difference is that the Islam problems has this political layer. Oil is a differentiator in the proxy wars between Western Democracies and Soviet Communism.

Kari
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