Tiny Minority of Extremists Myth (Islam)

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The Tiny Minority of Extremists Myth refers to an argument made by Muslims and liberals that "most Muslims live peacefully" and only a "tiny minority of extremists practice violence".

Muslim Opinion Polls

Terrorism

  • ICM Poll: 20% of British Muslims sympathize with 7/7 bombers[1]
  • NOP Research: 1 in 4 British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified[2][3]
  • Channel Four (2006): 31% of younger British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified compared to 14% of those over 45.[4]
  • People-Press: 31% of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq.[5]
  • YNet: One third of Palestinians (32%) supported the slaughter of a Jewish family, including the children:[6][7]
  • World Public Opinion: 83% of Egyptians approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 26% of Indonesians approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 26% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 68% of Moroccans approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 90% of Palestinians approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 72% of Jordanians approve of attacks on American troops.
    • 52% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (39% oppose)
    • A minority of Muslims disagreed entirely with terror attacks on American troops.
    • About half of those opposed to attacking Americans were sympathetic with al-Qaeda’s attitude toward the U.S.[8]
  • Pew Research (2010): 55% of Jordanians have a positive view of Hezbollah
    • 30% of Egyptians have a positive view of Hezbollah
    • 45% of Nigerian Muslims have a positive view of Hezbollah (26% negative)
    • 43% of Indonesians have a positive view of Hezbollah (30% negative)[9]
  • Pew Research (2010): 60% of Jordanians have a positive view of Hamas (34% negative).
    • 49% of Egyptians have a positive view of Hamas (48% negative)
    • 49% of Nigerian Muslims have a positive view of Hamas (25% negative)
    • 39% of Indonesians have a positive view of Hamas (33% negative)[10]
  • Pew Research (2010): 15% of Indonesians believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified.
    • 34% of Nigerian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified.[11]


  • 16% of young Muslims in Belgium state terrorism is "acceptable".[12]

Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden and ISIS

  • Pew Research (2007): 5% of American Muslims have a favorable view of al-Qaeda (27% can’t make up their minds). Only 58% reject al-Qaeda outright.[13]
  • Pew Research (2011): 5% of American Muslims have a favorable view of al-Qaeda (14% can’t make up their minds).[14]
  • Pew Research (2011): 1 in 10 native-born Muslim-Americans have a favorable view of al-Qaeda.[15]
  • al-Jazeera (2006): 49.9% of Muslims polled support Osama bin Laden[16]
  • Pew Research: 59% of Indonesians support Osama bin Laden in 2003
    • 41% of Indonesians support Osama bin Laden in 2007
    • 56% of Jordanians support Osama bin Laden in 2003[17]
  • Pew Global: 51% of Palestinians support Osama bin Laden
    • 54% of Muslim Nigerians Support Osama bin Laden[18]
  • MacDonald Laurier Institute: 35% of Canadian Muslims would not repudiate al-Qaeda[19]
  • World Public Opinion: Muslim majorities agree with the al-Qaeda goal of Islamic law.
    • (Egypt: 88%; Indonesia 76%; Pakistan 60%; Morocco 64%)[20]
  • ICM Poll: 13% of Muslim in Britain support al-Qaeda attacks on America.[21]
  • World Public Opinion: Attitude toward Osama bin Laden:
    • Egypt: 44% positive, 17% negative, and 25% mixed feelings
    • Indonesia: 14% positive, 26% negative, 21% mixed feelings (39% did not answer)
    • Pakistan: 25% positive, 15% negative, 26% mixed feelings (34% did not answer)
    • Morocco: 27% positive, 21% negative, 26% mixed feelings
    • Jordanians, Palestinians, Turks and Azerbaijanis. Jordanians combined for: 27% positive, 20 percent negative, and 27 percent mixed feelings. (Palestinians 56% positive, 20% negative, 22 percent mixed feelings).[22]
  • Pew Research (2010): 49% of Nigerian Muslims have favorable view of al-Qaeda (34% unfavorable)
    • 23% of Indonesians have favorable view of al-Qaeda (56% unfavorable)
    • 34% of Jordanians have favorable view of al-Qaeda
    • 25% of Indonesians have "confidence" in Osama bin Laden (59% had confidence in 2003)
    • 1 in 5 Egyptians have "confidence" in Osama bin Laden[23]
  • Pew Research (2011): 22% of Indonesians have a favorable view of al-Qaeda (21% unfavorable)[24]
  • Gallup: 51% of Pakistanis grieve Osama bin Laden (only 11% happy over death)
    • 44% of Pakistanis viewed Osama bin Laden as a martyr (only 28% as an oulaw)[25]
  • Zogby International 2011: “Majorities in all six countries said they viewed the United States less favorably following the killing of the Al-Qaeda head [Osama bin Laden] in Pakistan”[26]
  • Populus Survey: 18% of British Muslims would be proud or indifferent if a family member joined al-Qaeda.[27]
  • Policy Exchange (2006): 7% Muslims in Britain admire al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.[28]
  • Informal poll of Saudis in August 2014 shows 92% agree that Islamic State (ISIS) "conforms to the values of Islam and Islamic law."[29]
  • Hurriyet Daily News / Metropoll (2015): 20% of Turks support the slaughter of Charlie Hebdo staffers and cartoonists.[30]
  • al-Jazeera Poll (2015): 81% of respondents support the Islamic State (ISIS).[31]
  • The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015): 33% of Muslim-Americans say al-Qaeda beliefs are Islamic or correct.(49% disagree)[32]
  • The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015): 38% of Muslim-Americans say Islamic State (ISIS) beliefs are Islamic or correct.(43% disagree)[33]
  • ICM (Mirror) Poll 2015: 1.5 Million British Muslims support the Islamic State, about half the total population.[34]
  • Clarion Project Study (2015): 11.5% of Arabs support ISIS, or about 42 million.[35]
  • Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (2015): Two-thirds of Palestinians support the stabbing of Israeli civilians.[36]
  • Social Trends Survey (2016): 21% of Turks says ISIS 'represents Islam"; 10% would not categorize it as a terrorist organization.[37]
  • ICM (2014): 16% of all French Muslims support ISIS, including 27% of those aged 18-24.[38]
  • al-Jazeera Website Survey (2015): 81% of respondents approve of "regional conquests: by ISIS.[39]
  • Doha Institute (ACRPS) 2014: 10% of Egyptians have a positive (or somewhat positive) view of ISIS as do 10% of Saudis, 13% of Tunisians and 13% of Syrian refugees. On average, 72% of the Arab world has a negative view of ISIS.[40]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1510866/Poll-reveals-40pc-of-Muslims-want-sharia-law-in-UK.html
  2. ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06
  3. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY
  4. ↑ http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/publications/living%20apart%20together%20-%20jan%2007.pdf
  5. ↑ http://people-press.org/report/206/a-year-after-iraq-war
  6. ↑ http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/06/32-of-palestinians-support-infanticide/
  7. ↑ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4053251,00.html
  8. ↑ http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
  9. ↑ http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
  10. ↑ http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
  11. ↑ http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
  12. ↑ http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1275/Islam/article/detail/1619036/2013/04/22/Zestien-procent-moslimjongens-vindt-terrorisme-aanvaardbaar.dhtml
  13. ↑ https://selectra.co.uk/sites/selectra.co.uk/files/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
  15. ↑ http://people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
  16. ↑ http://www.partisanlines.com/threads/al-jazeera-arabic-poll-49-9-support-osama-bin-laden.712/
  17. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/15/iran-terrorism-al-qaida-islam-opinions-columnists-ilan-berman.html
  18. ↑ http://pewglobal.org/files/pdf/268.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/much-good-news-and-some-worrying-results-in-new-study-of-muslim-public-opinion-in-canada/
  20. ↑ http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
  21. ↑ http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
  22. ↑ http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
  23. ↑ http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
  24. ↑ http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
  25. ↑ http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/majority_of_our_pakistani_alli.html
  26. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/arab-worlds-views-of-us-president-obama-increasingly-negative-new-poll-finds/2011/07/12/gIQASzHVBI_blog.html
  27. ↑ http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
  28. ↑ http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
  29. ↑ http://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/92-of-saudis-believes-that-isis-conforms-to-the-values-of-islam-and-islamic-law-survey/
  30. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/metropoll-42-turkish-public-believe-muslims-are-real-victims-charlie-hebdo-attack-1486355
  31. ↑ http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/05/25/shock-poll-81-of-al-jazeera-arabic-poll-respondents-support-isis/
  32. ↑ http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
  33. ↑ http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
  34. ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/muslim-leader-isis-supporting-brits-disenfranchised-6018357
  35. ↑ http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/isis-has-least-42-million-supporters-arab-world
  36. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/12051848/More-than-two-thirds-of-Palestinians-support-knife-attacks-against-Israelis.html
  37. ↑ http://www.trust.org/item/20160112154230-7c2sb/
  38. ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/16-french-citizens-support-isis-poll-finds-266795
  39. ↑ http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/05/25/al-jazeera-survey-shows-81-percent-support-islamic-state/#
  40. ↑ http://english.dohainstitute.org/content/6a355a64-5237-4d7a-b957-87f6b1ceba9b
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