Just bring the thread back on topic for a sec. The biggest problem with fundamentalism in any religion is that it breeds intolerance. It's my way or the highway so to speak. This is not just restricted to Islam, although much of the fundamentalist movements in today's world are Islamic. The Crusades took place because of fundamentalist Roman Catholic movements back a millenium ago, when Pope Urban II called for Crusades to take back the Holy Land. Fundamentalism blinds people to everything but the narrow path they have chosen for themselves.
I'm just amazed because here in Australia I know of a suburb out in the west of Sydney, where there's a Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue, an Islamic mosque, an Anglican church and a Buddhist temple, all in the same neighborhood. I wouldn't go so far as to say that the parishioners of the respective faiths all agree with each other, but they are able to coexist in a state of relative harmony and peace, acknowledging the other's right to exist without necessarily subscribing to their views. Why can't the rest of the world do the same?
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Memnoch - Custodian of the Holy Flame 