Islamic fundamentalism

[Thorne]

To my knowledge, there is nothing in the Koran that suggests one should sacrifice oneself in this manner. Just the opposite in fact. It's a lie the "political leadership" foists off so they can recruit young men desparate for any kind of attention from their elders.

That's simplifying things too much... but I think the essence of it is ture,

I think you're right. Like the early Catholic church, Islam is supposed to be a religion of "peace" which has been perverted by its leaders for their own purposes. You don't see Osama blowing himself to pieces, do you? They show him firing guns at targets, but have you ever seen any vids of him in actual combat? Not likely!