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13. That's too broad a brush.

There are many kinds of Islam, there are many moderate muslims, and it can be politically and culturally very complicated. For example, the middle-eastern states haven't grown organically, they were determined by colonial powers. They have a different attitude towards their countries. A weak national identity and repeated disappointments with corrupt rulers are what is people pushing towards religion to build a sense of identity and community.

Though the pendulum has swung in the other direction in recent years. The religious Shia/Sunni-conflict turned into peaceful coexistence centuries ago, but it was revived in the recent decades to give the power-play between Saudi-Arabia and Iran a religious pretext.