In case anybody was wondering why Islamism and western culture are fundamentally incompatible.... The following is an excerpt from The Islamic State's Magazine "Dābiq" Issue #15. Section entitled "Why We Hate You & Why We Fight You". This is especially something you should read if you consider yourself a progressive and constantly find yourself acting as an apologist or blaming The USA first and foremost for abhorrent acts carried out or supported by Islamists, though it's an interesting read regardless. "Many Westerners, however, are already aware that claiming the attacks of the mujahidin to be senseless and questioning incessantly as to why we hate the West and why we fight them is nothing more than a political act and a propaganda tool. The politicians will say it regardless of how much it stands in opposi-tion to facts and common sense just to garner as many votes as they can for the next election cycle. The ana-lysts and journalists will say it in order to keep them-selves from becoming a target for saying something that the masses deem to be “politically incorrect.” The apostate “imams” in the West will adhere to the same tired cliché in order to avoid a backlash from the disbelieving societies in which they’ve chosen to reside. The point is, people know that it’s foolish, but they keep repeating it regardless because they’re afraid of the consequences of deviating from the script. T here are exceptions among the disbelievers, no doubt, people who will unabashedly declare that jihad and the laws of the Shari’ah – as well as everything else deemed taboo by the Islam-is-a-peaceful-religion crowd – are in fact completely Islamic, but they tend to be people with far less credibility who are painted as a social fringe, so their voices are dismissed and a large segment of the ignorant masses continues believing the false narrative. As such, it becomes important for us to clarify to the West in unequivocal terms – yet again – why we hate you and why we fight you. 1....