I'm gonna make my standard objection here: there is a popular western conception that terrorism is caused by "extremism" but the evidence for this is lacking. R

I'm gonna make my standard objection here: there is a popular western conception that terrorism is caused by "extremism" but the evidence for this is lacking. Relatively devout Muslims who practice stricter interpretations of Islam are not more predisposed to violence than those who are more casual about the whole thing. In a randomized controlled trial, sending Pakistanis on Hajj made them both more devout in practice and less supportive of conflict with non-Muslims. http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3659699/Kremer_EstimatingImpact.pdf?sequence=2 http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3659699/Kremer_Es...