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Very interesting idea's MSD. But one thing I would like to point out, in the dark ages when the "radical" catholics were romping about, it was a very different world then what we live in now. Only difference it seems is that the "radical" catholics have simmered down, while the Muslims haven't made it out of the 12th century.
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I think thats largely an accident of history, really. The modern Islamic fundamentalist movement is not a product of the Middle Ages, but is very much a 20th century phenomenon, and can even be argued to be result of the Cold War. Had history gone differently in the Middle East, Islamic fundamentalism would not have the appeal it has today be any degree.