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According to several sources there are about 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups I don't think anyone actually knows how large the radical Islamic movements are but there have been many estimates and they exist in all major Muslim populations e.g. Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt), Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, Taliban etc. etc. Since the worldwide population of Muslims is so large even a fraction of a percent participation means hundreds of thousands even millions of followers... 0.1% of 1.5 billion is still 1.5 million people. And, the followers of the above radical movements believe it is OK or even honorable to kill innocent women and children to advance their cause. They use tactics like bus bombings, airliner hijacking and crashing into public buildings, and random untargeted missile launches into civilian population centers. That is why all civilized and moral people must work actively against such tactics and groups. But that still does not mean that almost all Muslims are not lawful, peaceful, moral and honorable people, they are and many are shocked and disgusted by any perversion of their religion and acts of violence done in the name of Islam. There's no media showing the millions of Muslims standing up aginst them or even showing their supposed outrage. let us remember,, silence from the media doesnt mean something hasnt or doesnt happen |
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Edited by
Quietman_2009
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Sat 02/13/10 11:33 AM
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just to be fair...
In the first Gulf War, Iraq attacked the Iranian army with nerve gas (killing thousands) The Iranian generals demanded development of chemical weapons in order to retaliate Khomeini refused them saying that weapons of mass desrtruction were not compatible with the teaching of the Koran Ali Khamenei has echoed that sentiment so there is a chance that they are telling the truth about only developing nuclear power generation capability if they had any sense they would develop gasoline refineries. It doesnt make sense that such a large oil exporter would have to import gasoline |
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