Quote:we do not have anything like the issues with fundamentalist Christians you do in the UK.
Yes, you do.....with muslims.
Who, curiously, also arose at roughly the same time period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism
Quote:The modern Islamic fundamentalist movements have their origins in the late 19th century.[27] The Wahhabi movement, an Arabian fundamentalist movement that began in the 18th century, gained traction and spread during the 19th and 20th centuries
Most likely for the same reason..... primitive fuckheads who are uneasy with the modern world and seek to cling to what they perceive as a happier time.