--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...> wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > - > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:11 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > >>> > > > >>> Nobody can tell me that 1.3 billion human beings are > > predisposed by > > > >>> their religion to condone what that boy in Harris' story did. > > > >> > > > >> Of course not all are, flex, just many. > > > >> Still doubtful? On page 126 he puts up > > > >> the results of a poll he took asking respondents > > > >> in 12 Muslim nations if suicide bombing in defense > > > >> of Islam is ever justified. The results are > > > >> scary. In 10 of those countries, an overwhelming > > > >> majority believe that yes, it is justified. Only > > > >> in Pakistan (where you have a tie) and Turkey > > > >> (with a mere 20% believing it) do you not > > > >> have a majority. And as Harris points out, even > > > >> if all the countries were as relatively benign as > > > >> Turkey, it would still be a major problem. > > > >> > > > >> I'm sure you could find fault with the poll, or ask > > > >> how it was conducted, etc. But it looks pretty > > > >> straightforward to me. > > > >> > > > >> Sal > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to see that poll, Sal. > > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yh7o2z7 > > > p 126 > > > > > > Sal > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=257 > > Well that's good flex...but it averages out > to 20% still supporting it, at the very least, > which as Harris points out is still a big problem. > > And I also wonder if the incidence of it went > down during those years. > > Sal >
Harris' first edition of 'The End of Faith' was copyrighted in 2004. The Pew Global Survey was released in 2007.
