Why do Atheists defend Islam?

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If Islamic terrorism was really only caused by economic and political reasons, then people from the USA and UK wouldn't be leaving these prosperous nations to join them. Islam is indeed a driving factor in terrorism. Is it the only factor? No, but it's a significant one.

Ah, yes. There are no ghettos and poverty in these prosperous nations.

Were you born yesterday or are you ignorant on purpose?

Also, you might want to look up Europol and FBI statistics concerning terrorist attacks. Religiously motivated terror makes up 4 to 5 percent of all terrorist attacks on European and American soil. And that's not even singling out Islam.

But do those statistics don't account for the severity of the attacks? The attack in Paris which resulted in over 100 people being shot dead probably made up less than 4% of all terrorist activities in Paris that year,  9/11 in new york was just one plot resulting in Islamic terrorist action against the twin towers, say if animal rights activists petrol bombed an empty car on the day of 9/11 you could statistically say that the twin tower attacks only made up 50% of the attacks which happened in new york that day.
I think a more important and valid statistic would be which terrorist attacks leave the most people dead or wounded and if there is are groups responsible which groups are they.

Also I think a lot of the people going to join ISIS don't come from slums, at least in most of the newspaper reports I've seen they tend to have jobs or be students.