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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Tiny. But there is of course the larger circle of extreme conservative Islam, of the sort that proposes the death penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan, or the execution of homosexuals, the political leaders who openly advocate for the death of jews, the Imams who indoctrinate youth with extremist notions, or the people who honour and bring gifts to the family of "martyrs" who carry out these attacks. The problem is larger than just the people who are willing to carry out the violence. There is a whole cultural support system there that fosters these narratives, leading to radicalization, plus, if you're certain that you'll go on to paradise and your family will be treated well after you're gone, death in service of the cause seems far more appealing.
Of course, even that is a small minority of 1.3 billion Muslims, but it's not exactly miniscule, and is worthy of concern. Not out of fear of attacks like this one primarily, so much as the millions of oppressed people in those societies. But if you are worried about nail bombs of this sort, and want to understand how the problem gets solved might as well be clear about the gestation process for the sort of person who would do this.
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The role of an insulating community can not be disregarded. Look at the vancouver riots, it was only a handful of troublemakers, but if they hadn't been insulated by of thousands of sympathizers, their antics would have been shut down inside of an hour.