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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

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ORIGINAL: BoscoX

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Wow. Those are some wild muppets.

We have several Muslims in our neighborhood, btw. Nice people.

Ask them - What Is Taqiyya?

Let me ask you: Is being an asshole natural to you, or do you have to work at it, like anything you want to be good at?

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The globe is a big place.

Just in the US, in a single year, the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program Report, Crime in the United States, shows 1,197,704 violent crimes committed around the nation.

Among some of the statistics contained in Crime in the United States:

- The number of murders in the nation was 15,696.
- During the year, there were 90,185 rapes.
- There were 327,374 robberies nationwide, which accounted for $390 million in losses (average dollar value of stolen property per reported robbery was $1,190).
- Firearms were used in 71.5 percent of the nation’s murders, 40.8 percent of robberies, and 24.2 percent of aggravated assaults.
- Property crimes resulted in losses estimated at $14.3 billion. The total value of reported stolen property (i.e., currency, jewelry, motor vehicles, electronics, firearms) was $12,420,364,454.

Again, that's just the US (5% of global population).

So Muslims are really light-weights. They'd better get busy if they're trying to make a successful impact with violence.

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Not according to the Pew Research Center -- you know, the place you quoted earlier this week.

What do Muslims around the world believe?

Like any religious group, the religious beliefs and practices of Muslims vary depending on many factors, including where in the world they live. But Muslims around the world are almost universally united by a belief in one God and the Prophet Muhammad, and the practice of certain religious rituals, such as fasting during Ramadan, is widespread.

In other areas, however, there is less unity. For instance, a Pew Research Center survey of Muslims in 39 countries asked Muslims whether they want sharia law, a legal code based on the Quran and other Islamic scripture, to be the official law of the land in their country. Responses on this question vary widely. Muslims in a few countries, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, support sharia law as official law. But in most other countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Central Asia – including Turkey (12%), Kazakhstan (10%) and Azerbaijan (8%) – very few favor the implementation of sharia law.

How do Muslims feel about groups like ISIS?

Recent surveys show that most people in several countries with significant Muslim populations have an unfavorable view of ISIS, including virtually all respondents in Lebanon and 94% in Jordan. Relatively small shares say they see ISIS favorably. In some countries, considerable portions of the population do not offer an opinion about ISIS, including a majority (62%) of Pakistanis.

More generally, Muslims mostly say that suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilians in the name of Islam are rarely or never justified, including 92% in Indonesia and 91% in Iraq.

In many cases, people in countries with large Muslim populations are as concerned as Western nations about the threat of Islamic extremism, and have become increasingly concerned in recent years. About two-thirds of people in Nigeria (68%) and Lebanon (67%) said in 2016 that they are very concerned about Islamic extremism in their country, both up significantly since 2013.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/26/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/

Since you've professed a new-found love of facts.

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Well, if you want to pursue that nonsense, it's the Pew Research Center "cherry--picking," a weird comment to a study that just reports the findings.

As for those "many areas," that "cherry-picking" tells you they are Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.

As for my comfort level, I'm far more concerned with illogical people like you spreading hate based on flawed beliefs and flawed data, accusing the Pew Research Center of "cherry-picking" to defend your own relentless cherry-picking of 7th century writing inappropriately applied to 2017.

You'll always find a justification. That's what makes you dangerous.

Fortunately, in your case, you'll just rant on Internet forums.

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...are you really comfortable with nearly ten percent (by your own words) of Muslims admitting that they fully believe in the violence that their cult is so infamous for

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Since I've already addressed both issues, ignore them if you wish, continuing to repeat your disputed claim while you try to convince yourself they are true.

And apparently, in your demented world, excerpting anything is "cherry-picking." Go read the whole article -- the link is there.

Fact is -- you're caught up in a Muslim-hating hysteria and you're desperate to try to justify it.

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Since I've already addressed both issues, ignore them if you wish, continuing to repeat your disputed claim while you try to convince yourself they are true.

And apparently, in your demented world, excerpting anything is "cherry-picking." Go read the whole article -- the link is there.

Fact is -- you're caught up in a Muslim-hating hysteria and you're desperate to try to justify it.

Of course you refuse to answer, and choose to launch your typical ad hominems instead

Forgetting taqiyya, the edict directing Muslims to lie about their violent intentions, almost one in ten Muslims you meet believes in suicide bombings and such things - by your own admission

Something that you are intentionally ignorant of

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Nope. I answered, and you're going to post for 30 more pages about how I didn't, when reality is, you refused to consider the answer and pretended it wasn't there.

How did you put it?

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Okay, so you are comfortable with one in ten Muslims (or thereabouts)...

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And suddenly "Sharia" became "Sharia Violence"

Let's talk when you're interested in data, not ridiculous spin.