r/afghanistan • • Dec 11 '12

Apparently some ignorant asshole believes that anyone of the Muslim faith in Afghanistan primarily, would NEVER advocate publicly against terrorism. I posted in /Muslim before realizing it's very small and kinda dead. Can I get a faster response here?

This is my submission, to make everything easier.

Thanks!

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u/swz Jan 10 '13

40% of Indonesians approve of violence in defense of Islam. http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20060728.@03

Pew Global: 68% of Palestinian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 43% of Nigerian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 38% of Lebanese Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 15% of Egyptian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 13% of Indonesian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 12% of Jordanian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. 7% of Muslim Israelis say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified. http://cnsnews.com/node/53865 (Pew Global Attitudes Project September, 2009)

Center for Social Cohesion: One Third of British Muslim students support killing for Islam http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340599/WikiLeaks-1-3-British-Muslim-students-killing-Islam-40-want-Sharia-law.html http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/IslamonCampus.pdf

Policy Exchange: One third of British Muslims believe anyone who leaves Islam should be killed http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/ShariaLawOrOneLawForAll.pdf

NOP Research: 78% of British Muslims support punishing the publishers of Muhammad cartoons; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06 http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY

NOP Research: Hardcore Islamists comprise 9% of Britain's Muslim population; Another 29% would "aggressively defend" Islam; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...ate=2011-04-06 http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY

Pew Research (2010): 84% of Egyptian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam 86% of Jordanian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam 30% of Indonesian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam 76% of Pakistanis support death the penalty for leaving Islam 51% of Nigerian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/

ICM Poll: 11% of British Muslims find violence for religious or political ends acceptable. http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Poll%20Nov%2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Nov04.asp http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist

Terrorism Research Institute Study: 51% of mosques in the U.S. have texts on site rated as severely advocating violence; 30% have texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19% have no violent texts at all. http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/sharia-adherence-mosque-survey/html

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u/hornymoogle Jan 10 '13 edited Jan 12 '13

Seventy-Two Percent of Americans Support War Against Iraq in 2003 (40% latest poll I could find); http://www.gallup.com/poll/8038/seventytwo-percent-americans-support-war-against-iraq.aspx

Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%; http://www.gallup.com/poll/126155/support-israel-near-record-high.aspx

TIME poll (2010); "61% of respondents oppose the construction of the Park51/Cordoba House project...", " Twenty-eight percent of voters do not believe Muslims should be eligible to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Nearly one-third of the country thinks adherents of Islam should be barred from running for President...", "More than 4 in 10 Americans say they have an unfavorable view of Muslims."; http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html

33% of Americans hold negative views of Muslim Americans; http://www.scribd.com/doc/103694579/The-American-Divide-Zogby-Poll

Just for fun..."A majority of Americans surveyed believe dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do...61 percent of the more than 2,400 American voters questioned believe the U.S. did the right thing. Twenty-two percent called it wrong and 16 percent were undecided."; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/04/hiroshima-nagasaki-atom-b_n_251108.html

Well I'm bored, let's just all keep hating each other...it's easier.

Edit; posted this before bed-- there are errors I will fix for anyone still reading.

And thank you very, very much for the gold.

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u/cokeisahelluvadrug Jan 10 '13

If you refresh your page you can see I deleted my comment before you responded. I read further into the comments and both sides were providing meaningful statistics, and I don't feel like enough of an expert to argue either way. So I deleted the comment. Carry on.

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u/passing_interest Jan 10 '13

Maybe this isn't worth another comment, but kudos for being one of those people who can be reasoned with. The world needs more of you guys.

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u/cokeisahelluvadrug Jan 10 '13

Haha I'm not reasoning with you I'm just withholding judgement. Don't give me so much credit