Don.

Oh well that's alright then, providing of course that there is any such thing as global Islamism.
If you are really so profoundly ignorant, you have no hope of following never mind participating in this discussion.
Look it up Don dear, or leave it to us.

Jim,
what is happening in Syria is about suppressing opposition to that regime - nothing to do with religion.

I do not believe that you are that ignorant and have really not been following these events.
Assad's ruling clan is a minority Shia sect, and the opposition Sunni.
The opposition receives support from Sunni Gulf states and Assad gets help from Shia Iraq, Iran and Hezbollah.
It is a sectarian religious war that has already spread to Iraq and beginning in Lebanon.