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cbayer

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16. But what remains unclear is under what circumstances that might be true

Reply to eomer (Reply #15)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 11:24 AM

Jan 2015

and whether these are politically motivated, as they clearly would be in the Palestinian Territories.

The fact is, based on the data that you present, that the overwhelming majority of Muslims questioned in this survey said that suicide bombings are rarely or never justified, with the exception of Palestine which is in the middle of a politically driven war.

He could have said, "There are over a billion Muslims in this world who would not support this kind of action". Standing up for them instead of painting all of them with the brush belonging to s clear minority would be the responsible thing to do.

Otherwise, he is basically declaring war on innocents.

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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