Islam and Terror

Most modern nationals, especially Westerners history begins after 9/11; they attribute violence, terrorism, and suicide bombings as methods used by Muslims against non believers. The sad irony is that when ever there is news of car bombings, suicide attacks the words ‘fatwa and Islam are flashed across their minds.
All of them should hit their refresh button repeatedly to go back in time, to remember that Basque separatists have always used car bombings as a political tool, Tamil tigers perfected the art of human bombs and in India several fundamentalist groups like Shiv sena have unleashed terror against their opponents. If we go back to history some of the biggest perpetrators of horrors committed on mankind have nothing to do with Islam or religion—Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot etc to name a few.
The Western /American interventional in the Gulf region is mainly due to the oil/energy rich states and its strategic location which everyone wants to control; so they build up this myth that Islam and violence are inextricably linked and that they are the last white hope for mankind.
The huge surge of violence in the Middle East is a reaction to despotic self rule by oligarchies and a revolution to usher in democracy in the broader socio-political context of freedom in these states. Most Middle East countries are now revolting and trying to throw out their repressive regimes, from Bahrain to Tunisia.
Are not national boundaries, economic disparity and religious dogmas, dividing us into different camps, creating unspiritual environments. It is when religion starts to interfere with your everyday life that it is time to give it up. In this respect, it has a curious affinity with alcohol; it too can drive you mad.