I&#x27;m sorry but I disagree with most of your comment (with the exception that we concur that the muslim population needs to take responsibility for their own communities - through their religious leaders being more vocal about &quot;fanatic&quot; elements).<p>You seam to have a very rosy picture of the Ottoman empire.Without going into too much detail, most historians would agree that it was an aggressive expansionist empire with intolerance to non-islamic sects.<p>&quot;The terrorists you see today would become terrorists in the name of Christ just as well.&quot; - This is patently absurd, at least in this century, and a horrendously apologist argument.<p>I would recommend reading several key articles illustrating the Saudi Wahabi link to ISIS and how its clear that this is an intrinsically Islamist problem: eg.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newstatesman.com&#x2F;world-affairs&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;wahhabism-isis-how-saudi-arabia-exported-main-source-global-terrorism" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newstatesman.com&#x2F;world-affairs&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;wahhabism-...</a><p>Also, I&#x27;d advise reading Sam Harris&#x27;s &quot;Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.samharris.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;item&#x2F;sleepwalking-toward-armageddon" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.samharris.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;item&#x2F;sleepwalking-toward-armag...</a>