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eomer

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13. Best thing is to do a search and look through multiple sources.

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 10:23 AM

Jan 2015

I'm not claiming an answer and I hesitate to post a citation since I don't have time to try to figure out which search results seem reliable. All I'm saying is that a quick search returns some results that are in that ballpark. I'll provide one not as a claim but just as a sample of something that you'll get back from a search and that could be researched further: Pew Research found the following percentages of "favorable" ratings among 11 "Muslim publics":

Al Qaeda 13%
Taliban 13%
Hamas 32%
Hezbollah 26%

(from page 5 of http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2013/09/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Project-Extremism-Report-Final-9-10-135.pdf)

The same study found that only half of Muslims in the 11 countries studied feel that suicide bombing is never justified. The study doesn't give an overall percentage for those who feel either that it is sometimes or often justified (as opposed to rarely or never) but the rates for the individual countries do make it look like that overall percentage could be 10-15% or more. (Page 3 of the same study).

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Predictable from Bill Maher-Interfaith Post [View all] hrmjustin Jan 2015 OP

Those who are anti-religion are simply TM99 Jan 2015 #1

Agreed! He is too set in his ways to change. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #4

"Hundreds of millions of them support an attack like this" cbayer Jan 2015 #2

I used to like him but he has just become something I don't care for anymore. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #3

I liked him at one point too, but he has made a career out of being an asshole. cbayer Jan 2015 #5

And he is not even funny anymore. his last hourlong special was a bore. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #6

I wouldn't say he is not funny anymore Kevin from WI Jan 2015 #7

Yeah I wish he would paint lesx with a broad brush and be very clear about what exactly he has hrmjustin Jan 2015 #8

How many would it be? With 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, 200 million is 11%. eomer Jan 2015 #11

I don't know and neither does Maher, but I do not believe it is cbayer Jan 2015 #12

Best thing is to do a search and look through multiple sources. eomer Jan 2015 #13

thanks for that information. cbayer Jan 2015 #14

Here are percentages of Muslims who think suicide bombing is sometimes or often justified: eomer Jan 2015 #15

But what remains unclear is under what circumstances that might be true cbayer Jan 2015 #16

In other words, okasha Jan 2015 #20

Yes, agreed. eomer Jan 2015 #21

He takes what he admits is a minority view among Muslims Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2015 #9

Just horrible. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #10

a channel of destructive rhetoric like his dear friend Ann Coulter carolinayellowdog Jan 2015 #17

I think that's a really interesting assessment of Maher. cbayer Jan 2015 #18

"under 1% support it, but, I'm just sayin' here, it's the responsibility of all 5 billion theists of MisterP Jan 2015 #19