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In reply to the discussion: I know those who defend islam have there hearts in the right place [View all]agnostic102
(198 posts)The direct roots of modern day sunni terrorism can be traced back to the wahhabi version of islam. Very very distorted very violent. The country it was founded in with billions of dollars of oil was able to spread this idealogy across mosques built and paid for by the saudi wahhabi family and its followers.. The difference between the wahhabi saudi family and isis is that isis is the honey badger version. it doesnt give two shits what anybody thinks while the family in saudi arabia wants to maintain there power and be part of the larger community. They believe what isis belives in but not enough to give up the gravy train.
In regards to climate change. This is effecting the muslim world terribly. Most poeple dont realise this but there was a devastating drought in syria.. poeple become desperate. They saw asad living the life while hes wife was on a shopping spree in europe and the average farmer couldnt feed hes family. The droughts which i believe are connected to climate change diffnenately made atleast part of the population who felt were treated as 2nd class citizens much more desperate. Asad harsh reaction to the protest made it even worse and things just went crazy and you have what is today.
colonialism created isis from the ashes of the iraq war that is for sure. I think colonialism has contributed significantly to the attacks on the west. no doubt about it. That being said. If there was no colonialism the hatred between shia and sunni go back a thousand years and that would have kept going in the middle at the very least.