Actually Islamic fundamentalism comes from the same places as Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism, Darwinist fundamentalism, and, yes, even Buddhist fundamentalism. Some people are introduced to a religion and it's teachings, but instead of learning the moral and ethical lessons to help them in life, they decide to nit pick it to the point of madness and then lord it over other people (no pun intended). Sometimes, they meet with others who have made the same mistake, then we have a problem. When you have a large group think lead by the most fundamental of the fundamentalists, then you have the dangerous religous oranizations that bomb Israeli markets or abortion clinics.
What's it called when someone eventually makes a comparison to Hitler of Nazis in an argument? Oh, right, Godwin's law. I've been accoused of using it so often, I almost forgot.
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