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Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Tiny minority, big problem

Below the fold:

  • This Tiny Lunatic Fringe Add Up To A Big Threat
  • Media having trouble finding the nuance in Pew’s poll of U.S. Muslims
  • Media Spins/Spikes Disturbing Finding That Quarter of American Muslim Young Men Support Terrorism
  • American Muslim Youth And Suicide Bombing

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This Tiny Lunatic Fringe Add Up To A Big Threat
Michelle Malkin (H/T: MM)

THOSE who approve of killing in the name of Islam are here among us. They are your neighbors, your co-workers, and your children's classmates. They may be your doctors, your cabdrivers and your friends.

The new Pew poll found that, while 80 percent of U.S. Muslims believe suicide bombings of civilians to defend Islam cannot be justified, fully 13 percent said they can be justified, at least rarely.

Worse, one in four younger American Muslims - those under 30 - find suicide bombings in defense of Islam "acceptable, at least in some circumstances."

They must have missed out on the "religion of peace" lessons.

Overall, about 29 percent of those surveyed had either favorable views about al Qaeda or did not express an opinion.

Yes, they either gave al Qaeda a thumbs-up or had no opinion about the terrorist group responsible for slaughtering nearly 3,000 of their fellow Americans on 9/11 and responsible for a global bloodbath from Bali to Britain, the Middle East, and beyond.

In addition, only 40 percent of all American Muslims believe Arab men carried about the 9/11 attacks - joining Charlie Sheen, Rosie O'Donnell, and the inside-job conspiracy-mongers.

The poll focused particular concern on jihadi sympathy among young Muslims and black Muslims. ...

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Posted by Bill Faith on May 23, 2007 at 03:16 PM in Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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