Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religion Was Not the Reason For the Paris Attacks [View all]Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)is that you are basing it on misinterpretations of their faith. But it is actually part of their faith to destroy all who do not believe the same way that they do. I will agree that most Muslims do not follow this, just as most Christians do not follow many of the unsavory parts of the Bible. But it is there, and available for the fundamentalists to use for their own purposes.
From the Quran:
And when the forbidden months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, then leave their way free. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
These are two adversaries who dispute about their Lord; then (as to) those who disbelieve, for them are cut out garments of fire, boiling water shall be poured over their heads.
O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).