"Radical" Islam

I have been stewing on this for some time.

Let's get one thing straight.

What is going on in the Middle East, and rapidly spreading elsewhere, is NOT an aberration.  ISIL and all of the similar "radical" organizations are historically typical for the Muslim world. This is the face of Islam.  It is how Islam was spread in the first place.

The aberration is "moderate" Muslims who find themselves capable of living comfortably within pluralistic societies.