It's not an assumption,
it's what I see, when I look at it. Compare the Islamists to the Puritans, the Islamic states to feudalism, think of the "French Wars of Religion" and the English Civil War, and how it all coincided with the rise of capitalism.
Mohammad's Islamisation of Arabia even looks a bit like Constantine's Christianisation of Europe.
It's an oversimplification, I admit, but the parallels are there.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 13:28,
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