I don&#x27;t understand why we shouldn&#x27;t believe what&#x27;s coming straight out of ISIS&#x27; mouth.<p>ISIS has said they&#x27;re killing us because of their interpretation of a book written in the first millennia. They say this every time they attack us. Yet (mostly on the left) we keep coming up with reasons why this isn&#x27;t the case. &quot;No, actually, you&#x27;re not attacking us for that reason, really it&#x27;s our fault because we gave the oil to the emirs.&quot;<p>When someone shoots up a Planned Parenthood, however, he <i>doesn&#x27;t even have to make a public statement</i> and the same people are quick to blame Christian beliefs or rhetoric and immediately accept the ideological reason for the violence. Why don&#x27;t we say that gunmen attack Planned Parenthoods because of income inequality in the United States?<p>Finally, is there anywhere to find the original article by Piketty in English? The linked version is in French.