--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in Muslim > Countries Pew Global Attitudes Project -Released: 07.24.07 > > Among the most striking trends in predominantly Muslim > nations is the continuing decline in the number saying > that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against > civilians are justifiable in the defense of Islam. > > In Lebanon, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia, the > proportion of Muslims who view suicide bombing and > other attacks against civilians as being often or > sometimes justified has declined by half or more over > the past five years. > > Wide majorities say such attacks are, at most, rarely > acceptable. However, this is decidedly not the case in > the Palestinian territories. Fully 70% of Palestinians > believe that suicide bombings against civilians can be > often or sometimes justified, a position starkly at > odds with Muslims in other Middle Eastern, Asian, and > African nations.
That acceptance of suicide bombing has decreased is, of course, good news. But I'm puzzled as to why anyone would think that Palestinian support for suicide bombing would have to do with defending Islam, rather than opposition to the Israeli occupation.
