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Originally Posted by Armistead

Overblown.... Do you know how many are killed, tortured, raped throughout the world daily from radical Islam throughout the world daily?

Yeah, I am informed. You're the one who thinks that one of two EU countries to ban the hijab is doing "everything possible" to appease Muslims. So be careful.

I'm saying that "worldwide jihad" isn't an appropriate way to phrase the issue. I'm not saying it isn't a problem, I'm saying it's not a worldwide problem.

Look at North & South America, Australia, China/Japan, Russia, SE Asia, Southern Africa, Europe. Incidents yes. Constant turmoil and conflict, no.

So the problem you're describing isn't one that is worldwide. It's a very serious problem for the Middle East, large parts of Africa, and South Asia.

Radical cells continue to grow, but the issue is all the support behind it. Millions suffer from political Islam itself, because it's a religion of economic poverty.

Religious adherence and economic power tend to be counterlinked. One goes up and the other goes down.

Stable governance and economic growth coupled with fair and representative government is the solution for a lot of these places, and it's the lack of same that drives religious fundamentalism and religious violence. I imagine we might disagree on root causes thereof.

Now, what you might mean, it's not a major problem for the modern world, but it is...but it's a terrible problem for the third world and the radicals recruit from such....

Well that's not exactly what I meant, but very true regardless.

Originally Posted by Skybird

"Overblown".

In the light of the numbers, such comments speak for themselves, no further comment needed.

Jolly good. The less hatred you post the better.

The next time you think no comment is needed, try doing just that. Not commenting.