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Originally Posted by SebC
You're not seriously calling ISIS victims of colonialism, are you?
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I'd call them byproducts. Victims is a bit of a stretch. I'm not trying to say that their religion isn't a huge element, but it's silly to isolate the religious aspect away from the colonial aspect if we're trying to provide context. You could, however, make the argument that we can't really fix the colonial aspect at this point so it makes more sense to focus on the religious aspect, but I think refusing to acknowledge the role that the past has had on the present is self-serving.