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Old 01-28-2015, 02:42 PM   #38
polak
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh View Post
I am actually trying to get to it from a positive perspective, rather than negative: what percentage of the Muslim population is unfavourble towards Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaida etc. Pew Research Centre, which is a non-partisan and well-respected organization, says that this ratio is between 42% and 52% of those surveyed in 11 strictly Muslim countries. Averaged, that is roughly half. I'd say pretty significant and indicative.
Those are some pretty scary numbers if I understood the numbers correctly.

It's a good point. Sure lets say only 3% of muslims are extremists, but if nearly half of the population of muslims in muslim countries are fine with it, even if they don't participate, that's ####ed. I doubt you'll find numbers like that from any other religion or region.

That too me is a culture that breeds hate. I think the muslim countries in which the majority or close to the majority are complacent with violence in the name of islam are sub-cultures where hate runs deep.
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