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Originally Posted by mikemalloy

Terrorism





ICM Poll: 20% of British Muslims sympathize with 7/7 bombers

Poll reveals 40pc of Muslims want sharia law in UK - Telegraph



NOP Research: 1 in 4 British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified

Many British Muslims Put Islam First - CBS News

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Channel Four (2006): 31% of younger British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified compared to 14% of those over 45.

http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/ima...20jan%2007.pdf



People-Press: 31% of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq.

A Year After Iraq War | Pew Research Center



YNet: One third of Palestinians (32%) supported the slaughter of a Jewish family, including the children:

http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/...t-infanticide/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...053251,00.html



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.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi..._Feb09_rpt.pdf



World Public Opinion (2009): 30% of Palestinians support attacks on American civilians working in Muslim countries. 24% support the murder of Americans on U.S. soil.

Only 74% of Turks and 55% of Pakistanis disapprove of terror attacks against civilians on U.S. soil.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi..._Feb09_rpt.pdf



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)

http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/musl...and-hezbollah/



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)

http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/musl...and-hezbollah/



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.

http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/musl...and-hezbollah/



16% of young Muslims in Belgium state terrorism is "acceptable".

http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1275/Islam/...aardbaar.dhtml



Populus Poll (2006): 12% of young Muslims in Britain (and 12% overall) believe that suicide attacks against civilians in Britain can be justified. 1 in 4 support suicide attacks against British troops.

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005...itish-islamist



Pew Research (2007): 26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.

35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).

42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).

22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).

29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).

http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/mu...ns.pdf#page=60



Pew Research (2011): 8% of Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (81% never).

28% of Egyptian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (38% never).

http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/...for-extremism/



Pew Research (2007): Muslim-Americans who identify more strongly with their religion are three times more likely to feel that suicide bombings are justified

http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/mu...ns.pdf#page=60



27% of British Muslims do not support the deportation of Islamic extremists preaching violence and hate.

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005...-islamist.html



Federation of Student Islamic Societies: About 1 in 5 Muslim students in Britain (18%) would not report a fellow Muslim planning a terror attack.

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005...itish-islamist



ICM Poll: 25% of British Muslims disagree that a Muslim has an obligation to report terrorists to police.

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005...itish-islamist



Populus Poll (2006): 16% of British Muslims believe suicide attacks against Israelis are justified.

37% believe Jews in Britain are a "legitimate target".

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005...itish-islamist



World Public Opinion: Majorities in Egypt (63%) and Libya (61%) supported the 9/11/2012 attacks against American embassies, including Benghazi.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pi...d=&id=&pnt=727



Pew Research (2013): At least 1 in 4 Muslims do not reject violence against civilians (study did not distinguish between those who believe it is partially justified and never justified).

http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFile...ull-report.pdf



Pew Research (2013): 15% of Muslims in Turkey support suicide bombings (also 11% in Kosovo, 26% in Malaysia and 26% in Bangladesh).

http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFile...ull-report.pdf



PCPO (2014): 89% of Palestinians support Hamas and other terrorists firing rockets at Israeli civilians.

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/po...cks-on-israely



Pew Research (2013): Only 57% of Muslims worldwide disapprove of al-Qaeda. Only 51% disapprove of the Taliban. 13% support both groups and 1 in 4 refuse to say.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/09/10/...remist-groups/



BBC Radio (2015): 45% of British Muslims agree that clerics preaching violence against the West represent "mainstream Islam".

http://www.comres.co.uk/polls/bbc-ra...y-muslim-poll/



Palestinian Center for Political Research (2015): 74% of Palestinians support Hamas terror attacks.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/support...ar-poll-shows/



Pew Research (2014): 47% of Bangladeshi Muslims says suicide bombings and violence are justified to "defend Islam". 1 in 4 believed the same in Tanzania and Egypt. 1 in 5 Muslims in the 'moderate' countries of Turkey and Malaysia.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01/...n-middle-east/



The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015): 19% of Muslim-Americans say that violence is justified in order to make Sharia the law in the United States (66% disagree).

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.o...-Poll-Data.pdf



The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015): 25% of Muslim-Americans say that violence against Americans in the United States is justified as part of the "global Jihad (64% disagree).

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.o...-Poll-Data.pdf



The Sun (2015: Following Nov. 2015 attacks in Paris, 1 in 4 young Muslims in Britain (and 1 in 5 overall) said they sympathize with those who fight for ISIS.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...s-in-poll.html



ICM (2016): 2 in 3 Muslims in Britain would not report terror plot to police.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/u...cle4730825.ece

You spent a lot of time on this. I get it. If I were one of the many having to live under brutal western colonial rule over the past many centuries I might feel as these people do. You can't pick and choose which part of history makes your argument valid.

http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/...999-chapter-13

http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/575

http://what-when-how.com/western-col...n-colonialism/

http://www.middleeastpdx.org/resourc...iddle_East.ppt

http://www.mepc.org/journal/middle-e...ivide-and-rule