The PEW Research folks have release their “first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.”
That’s the good news.
And, the not-so-good? Laura at Pursuing Holiness takes a closer look at the numbers, and has this to say…
Of approximately 2.35 million Muslims in the U.S., 5% (there’s that five percent again!) expressed a favorable opinion of al Qaeda. That’s 117,500 people, already in the U.S., agreeing with our enemies that we should be subjugated or killed.
60% do not believe that Arab men carried out the 9/11 attacks. That’s 1,410,000 people, living among us (and remember that doesn’t count the non-Muslim, leftist lunatics like Rosie O’Donnell) who believe in a conspiracy theory of some sort.
13% say that suicide bombings of civilians to defend Islam are justified. That’s 305,500 residents of the United States who think it’s okay to strap on a bomb and kill people who are going about their daily business.
Let’s see, that was 19 people on 9/11, and four on 7/7. Hair raising, indeed.
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Somewhat related, check out the picture at http://thestudyofrevenge.blogspot.com/2006/09/other-islamic-bomb.html – how many ways can you be disturbed by a drawing???
oh, that’s just da bomb.
gives a whole new meaning to splodeydopes
Henh, great image.
As for the 5%, coach always warned us about the “twopuhcentas!”
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#4-Proud of ya’!
Keep working on those math skills.
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Cold shoulders and heated rhetoric between Arab states and Iran.
Found this four part series on illegal immigration, at In The Bullpen.
Interesting read on illegal immigration. Besides the obvious considerations of securing our borders; i.e., it being rather bad form to let al Qaeda union reps and paramilitary drug smugglers come and go at will, there is also the health aspect of undocumented people carrying dangerous diseases into populations that are at high risk such as the elderly (perhaps in nursing homes), the very young (undocumented nannies, housekeepers, and day care workers), and anybody with HIV/AIDS.
Ignoring the Canadian border is also very foolish.