No doubt poverty creates an ideal environment for extremists. This does however not negate the effect that fundamentalist religion have had. In this instance it just happens to be Islam. I battle to understand the socialist fascination with trying to disprove that fundamentalist Islam is at its heart intolerant and violent. Why not the same effort to disprove that fundamentalist Hindu views are fueling violence against Muslims in India? Or the influence of the extreme Christian right in America? Does it all come down to inherent antisemitism, like we saw at UK's Labour party's recent conference?