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by musha68k·10y ago·view on hn ↗
Thank you for your comment _nedR!

I agree, the focus should be more on the potential perniciousness of unchecked religious fundamentalism in general (it doesn't matter if it's the KKK or ISIS) and middle-east history of the last 15-30 years in particular (why do some people fall for such simplistic, de-humanizing organizations)?

ISIS is essentially a fascist movement and has as little to do with main-stream islamic values as the KKK has with christian ones.

You might find this article on the "why" less simplistic:

http://www.thenation.com/article/what-i-discovered-from-inte...

I think putting time and effort into these kinds of political and religious discussions is very important as long as we keep a cool and open mind - love and understanding against potential fear and hate towards "others" so to speak. Peace! :)