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Originally Posted by FireFly
What is considered murder in a Muslim country? I would think that stoning people for crime doesn't count but I can't imagine living in a world where getting raped will also get you stoned to death for dishonouring your family.
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There were 2 points to my posting of those stats.
1) To show people that this general "muslims are so violent" theme isn't based on hard facts.
2) To show that people cling to narratives and their reflexes will be to try and undermine unfavourable data sources while uncritically accepting favourable ones.
As Flash noted, wondering if stonings were being properly counted underlies a general misunderstanding about the magnitude of these numbers... and a general bias to accept that certain forms of fringe behaviour is representative of a larger community.