I guess my assumption is the more people you can go to in a community (or community within a community), the less likely your political belief is to target its citizens. That it presents uses signifiers and phrases from religion (ie a vehicle for rituals) doesn't alter that it's just a totalitarian political belief (self-granted permission to use violence to gain power); if anything, the radical fundamentalism comes from something like "we have been powerless because we were too pragmatic and not unreasonable enough" - imo, which pretty much confirms that the violence arises from nihilistic disavowal of religion.