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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (238635)	8/2/2007 3:52:00 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) of 281500

That is the result of 30 years of Saudi-funded Wahabbi proselytizing in the ummah. Yeah, I agree with this. I'm always amazed when the US government says the Saudis are our allies in the region. Where do they think the fanatical behaviour of the poorer regions of Pakistan and Afgahnistan comes from? A peasant in the mountains isn't going to naturally be inclined toward extremism, he's got to be taught it somewhere, and where do the funds which teach the extremism originate - Saudi Arabia. I would say that globalization and modernization would tend win out over the appeal (or lack thereof) of Islamic extremism over time, but the vast oil driven wealth of Saudi and Iran is going to delay the modernization of the religion for a few generations. The old geezer advocates of extremism have near unlimited resources to push their extremist views onto generation after generation, and enough member of the younger generation will accept the extremist view (rather than demand their MTV) from teacher that feeds it to them (along with their lunch) that the end of radical Islam will take longer than it should. It's a dead end path over the long term, though.

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