Interesting.<p>I would still contend that one cannot take some form of ideology, &quot;dial it up to 10&quot; and then claim it is still that same ideology. What you instead have here is a set of liars that hide behind a name.<p>That said, it does seem that Wahhabism and Sunni Islam are perhaps a more favorable place for such extremism to culture and grow. So I concede this is as much a part of Islam as the next part (however non-mainstream or mainstream it may be).<p>Clearly the shift here is what allows such extremism to succeed, the funding, the teaching, the dispersion of such ideas, how are they not called out for what they are: callous and inhumane and insane?<p>Who is responsible for turning a blind eye for so long? Is it just tolerated because it happens &#x27;Over There&#x27; (in this case I suppose &#x27;Over There&#x27; would mean &#x27;Not Here in Saudi Arabia&#x27; where the political base of this brach of Islam claims home). Or is this more like someones thugs getting out of control -- i.e. this is a sponsored movement and attempts to restrain it are actively interfered with!<p>I have more questions than answers! What a complex part of the world!