[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To be fair though it's mostly the other way round. The political motivations came first, Islam was then used to "weaponise" fanatics to use as an army, because that sort of hardcore belief is the easiest way to create a committed fighting force.

But they're so intermingled. Doesn't Koran call for a creation of a caliphate, like Isis tried to do?