WHAT IF - INSTEAD OF A VIRUS - ZOMBIES WERE CAUSED BY AN IDEOLOGY?

What if zombies weren't caused by some virus

What if it was caused by an ideology - you know.... one posing as a religion?

Just asking...

Seriously:

I think one reason for the intense popularity in the West for zombies movies and TV shows is because zombies are PC monsters and people sublimate and displace their fear of islamists by projecting them on to these fictional and therefore safe monsters.

Here's a trailer for the latest zombie movie - starring Brad Pitt: