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eomer

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15. Here are percentages of Muslims who think suicide bombing is sometimes or often justified:

Reply to cbayer (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 11:15 AM

Jan 2015

Pakistan 3%
Indonesia 6%
Nigeria 8%
Jordan 12%
Tunisia 12%
Turkey 16%
Senegal 18%
Egypt 25%
Malaysia 27%
Lebanon 33%
Palestinian Territory 62%

That's from page 3 of the same study and is apparently 2013 data.

That seems to me a pretty significant level of support for violence. I'm not sure whether that would extrapolate to hundreds of millions in the global Muslim population or not; seems possible though.

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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