Tribesman,
I completely agree with your assessment. When you stop looking at their actions as though they're bent on political or monetary gain, and consider "Gee, if I wanted to subjugate the word to my particular brand of religion, how would I go about it", their actions make a lot more sense. No political body would ever be your true ally. They would fear you, as a destablizing force, and you would hate them, because they would be corrupt... focusing on temporal power and not 'the cause'. Scary fact I learned today... over 80% of the mosques in the USA receiving funding from Wahabist families back in Saudi Arabia.