This &quot;movement&quot; didn&#x27;t exist in the consciousness of the middle east till Afghanistan went to AQ who were keen to reintroduce medieval religion into modern day.<p>It&#x27;s a manufactured conflict by ideologues bent on creating their own world order.<p>It&#x27;s not a popular reaction to western oppression, etc.  It affects regions unaffiliated with the west.  In Africa it wants to destabilize native African governments in central Asia it wants to destabilize areas and become part of a larger pannational movement.<p>The west is just a nice useful excuse ready to use excuse.