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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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The Saudis having been spreading their extremist views for decades. In similar ways to how Mormons go on missions to convert people. Obviously, the message is different. The Saudis most certainly have been setting up shop in places like the Philippines and Indonesia though.
It's only now, with the rise of ISIS, that SA is beginning to see the error of their ways and pulling this funding back. The Saudis vision was pretty simple. Export fundamentalism. Fundamentalists will be loyal to the Saudis, as the custodians of the core Islamic sites/theology. They didn't anticipate groups actually reading the Koran and finding out that hereditary kingship is forbidden and that an even more fundamental version would evolve, or that these groups would begin to secure their own funding.
All that being said, I really don't see the point in singling out Islam every time there's one of these attacks. We all know that fundamentalist Islam is producing a lot of radicals. However, we also need to take into account that the vast majority of the victims of fundamentalist Islam are Muslims themselves. I'm not sure what people want the average Muslim to do about it? Abandon their religion? Go on a Rambo style crusade to weed out the bad guys? What exactly?