A recent survey says that most muslims in American assimilate into society reasonably well. The problem is that there is still a frighteningly large (roughly 26-30) percentage who say that suicide bombings are justified often, sometimes or rarely.
At a recent Organization of the Islamic Conference the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia, Kuwait, the UAE and Pakistan spoke of the problems that many of the 1.6 billion muslims are among the worlds poorest and have an international reputation that has been tarnished by false perceptions that most support terrorism. I would bet that if you surveyed muslims in these countries the numbers would not be significantly different. In any population it will be difficult not to find some that think that it is ok to get revenge by killing, but 1/4 of the population is really bad.
I was watching 60 minutes the other day and it was great to see them honor some military families from Iowa. During the same segment they interviewed one military member about to be shipped off and what he said made me worry.
"I feel that god lead me to do this job. ... I believe that what they did on 9/11 was a travesty." Who does this sound like? Dick Cheney? Pat Robertson? Jerry Falwell?
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