As for what it's against - the story is against those who pervert and misuse religion, or any other kind of doctrine with a holy book and a priesthood and an apparatus of power that wields unchallengeable authority, in order to dominate and suppress human freedoms.

Philip Pullman
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There is no better way to describe the work of the terrorist group, ISIS. These people do not seek freedom: there is no freedom in an Islamic State. They want to lock up every other human being and force them into a life of rigid faith and divine obedience. The very idea that anyone would give up their liberty for a false god is beyond their comprehension.

Sadly, they are correct in this assessment, yet so few people choose to look at the truth this way. The task of defeating an enemy is never easy, but it can be done. The truly great leaders understand that sometimes the only way to defeat an enemy is to destroy his support system, and that includes all that comes with him.

Source: His Dark Materials

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