Syrian bomb and Syrian machete attack in Germany

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Which brings to the forefront once again the point that terrorism, of whatever sort, is nourished more by desperation than it is by faith. Comfortable people don't happily kill themselves, most times.

Of course it is. It's much easier to offer a disenfranchised person a supposed meaning than it is to someone enjoying their lives. It was the same with any radical movement of any color. It doesn't have to be religious. A simple political ideology offering a way of belonging to a superior group, is more than sufficient.