Let me attempt to do that by changing the focus from the ideology to the society. Rather than relying at how violent the ideology is to estimate the limits of its appeal, let us look at just how deprived and polarized our society is gradually becoming, given the lack of economic opportunity and social mobility in an era of widespread information technology, where manipulation of points of view is getting easier. Then let us see that when such a population is given the good tidings, consistently and frequently, that a just and prosperous society is just around the corner, if only they support these pious, simple men who follow all Islamic laws and injunctions, would anyone expect them to resist that siren song for long?
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