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That's ISIS, for sure.

But there are also Saudi ambitions, which attempt to spread a Wahhabi version of Islam overseas - into the madrassahs of Pakistan or the mosques of Germany.

They may be more peaceful than ISIS. But the goal is the same. The adoption of Islam, of sharia - the whole ball of wax. Islam isn't just a religion. It's a whole system of living that controls politics, law, economics, everything.

The Saudi model assumes the superiority of Islam, wants to replace secular culture and seems to generate an environment in which folks become open to radicalisation. Perhaps inadvertently. But so what. It does what it does.

This is why the line is the sand is where religion ends and securalism begins. I can reasonably oppose Islam as a political system and entirely disregard the religion. But it is the religion which makes the dogmas barking.




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"What does ISIS really want?"
By: Down And Out Man
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Fri, 11 Dec 15 10:58 PM
Msg. 17799 of 54959

Another good article:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/middleeast/isis-syria-iraq-caliphate/index.html


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