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In reply to the discussion: It's really, really hard to talk about radical Islamic terrorism [View all]JCMach1
(27,556 posts)They were also integral in the rise of ISIL.
Unfortunately, they have also used their influence to influence even our perfectly fine Muslim friends and neighbors. KSA trained imams and KSA funded mosques and Islamic centers are the norm, not the exception across North America.
I will just give you one example of how this has worked in Kenya. Muslims have always been a significant minority there. Over the last 20-30 years you could actually visually see the colorful traditional Muslim cover get replaced by the black of the religious fundamentalists. Now, the majority of women wear (or are forced to wear) black and total cover in the African Heat and humidity of coastal Kenya. Since then, tribal conflicts on the coast have become more and more tinged with religious ideology. Consequently, the death toll has spiked in every conflict. In fact, it makes Orlando look like a small affair.