birdie;//Religion is what is wrong with these people.// I doubt you will concur, but I think it is more the 'misinterpretation' of religion which is wrong. These people are not Muslims, in fact they are hated by Muslims (and others) they are Zoroastrians, one of the world's oldest religions.
I've been looking them up in my Penguin Dictionary of Religions. Their holy book is the Avesta, but most of their liturgy is passed on by verbal transmission so it's impossible to know from outside what all their teachings are, BUT, I feel sure that the founder; Zoroaster, circa 10,000BC(Zarathustra) never said followers should carry out such barbaric acts against defenceless young women.