What happens when a government does not protect its own people, or bring them relief after a natural disaster destroys their homes and kills many of them? Here are some examples:

In Egypt, the years after the [1992] Cairo earthquake saw the largely non-violent Muslim Brotherhood take over key parts of civil society, and a vicious war between radical militants and state security services.
— Why Musharraf had to eat humble pie Islamic religious groups will quickly take advantage of government shortcomings, warns Jason Burke Sunday October 16, 2005 The Observer

The Observer article does not mention that it was the previous suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood by the Egyptian state that had radicalized Sayyid Qutb, making him one of the historical strategists of the current jihadists, and executed him, making him a martyr to their cause. The article makes the point that such religious organizations, especially radical ones, are less likely to be corrupt than are government agencies, and thus often take advantage of a natural disaster and succeeding failure of the government to help in order gain the confidence of the people for the religious organization. This is especially possible when the government has harrassed traditional nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), often considered too liberal by the powers that be, until such NGOs are ineffective. Radical religious organizations can then step in and pick up the slack. Continue reading →