Sorry last time I look democracies that teach science are not a hotbed of religious fundamentalism.

If we are guilty of propping up dictatorships we get blamed.

At the same time the very act of standing up to dictators is the spark for AQ (the west having bases in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War).

The cause of the immense stupidity that is religious fundamentalism can (w)holy be laid at the feet of the religious fundamentalists. They will pick any excuse to match their agenda.