Finally, political Islam is common to all of the region’s conflicts, and should not be viewed – as it often is – in isolation from these countries’ economic woes. Simply put, Islam – one of the world’s great religions, practiced by nearly one-quarter of humanity – missed its development takeoff.
最后，政治伊斯兰是该地区所有冲突的共同特点，这应该与这些国家的经济乱象放在一起考察（但通常两者是割裂的）。简言之，伊斯兰教——世界上最大宗教之一，有近四分之一人口信奉——错过了发展起点。