&gt; blind violence<p>It is in my own not politically correct opinion (I expect to be downvoted for this) not blind at all. It is targeted against freedom of expression and also against feminism, which they see as immoral. It is targeted towards freedom of expression because of the dogmas regarding the depiction of their own religious figures, and that is intimately related to their religion. And all that happens because they went to other countries, but entirely rejecting other cultures, and their own culture includes trying to convert the entire world to Islam.<p>This is also a consequence of the Mongols and the Sack of Baghdad in 1258. Before this, Islam was the enlightened culture that preserved Greek discoveries and it was truly the religion of peace. After it, they became much more orthodox and rejected the science they helped preserve.