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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (65974)	2/16/2015 10:35:15 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (3) of 69300

Very good and thorough overview of this religious Fundamentalism. Centuries of human progress have gone right over their heads. The Christian equivalent would be a return to Leviticus. Really good article that everyone should read thoughtfully. theatlantic.com "...In fact, much of what the group does looks nonsensical except in light of a sincere, carefully considered commitment to returning civilization to a seventh-century legal environment, and ultimately to bringing about the apocalypse.The most-articulate spokesmen for that position are the Islamic State’s officials and supporters themselves. They refer derisively to “moderns.” In conversation, they insist that they will not—cannot—waver from governing precepts that were embedded in Islam by the Prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers. They often speak in codes and allusions that sound odd or old-fashioned to non-Muslims, but refer to specific traditions and texts of early Islam..."

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