Another oft-repeated myth about Islam is that there are a lot of moderate Muslims, and that these terrorists are a very small percentage of the Islamic faith. This is untrue. The Muslim population in the world is well over 1 billion. If even 1/10th of 1 percent of those were radical extremists, that would still be well over 1 million radical extremists. At the very least, experts estimate several hundred thousand who could be considered jihadists. Here are some startling statistics about the supposed moderate Muslims in America:
* 31% -- almost a third -- of young American Muslims (ages 18-29) support suicide bombings.
* 26% of American Muslims (aged 18-29) support Al-Qaeda.
* Of all American Muslims, only 58% have a very unfavorable view of Al-Qaeda.
* 32% of American Muslims either openly like Al Qaeda or don't want us to know what they really think.
* 60% of Muslims under the age of 30 consider themselves "Muslim first"; only 25% consider themselves "American first."
* 60% of American Muslims claim Al Qaeda was not responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Experts are now beginning to acknowledge these facts. One way for Muslims in America to prove that they're different is to internally clean house. I used the Catholic pedophile scandals as an example - when the news blew up about these horrible acts, the Catholic people themselves stood up in outrage and demanded that these evil men be expelled from their positions. Until the Muslim people similarly stand up and demand radical Islamists cease their activities (and actually get involved in stopping them), you cannot convince me (nor any other logically thinking person) that these 'moderate' Muslims truly exist in large numbers.
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