Quote:So you are discrediting Pew because the numbers didn't match your perceived world-view. Righteous. 

 

"The survey involved a total of more than 38,000 face-to-face interviews in 80 plus languages. It covered Muslims in 39 countries, which are divided into six regions in this report. Southern and Eastern Europe(Russia and the Balkans), Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa"

 

39 fundamentalist countries? Wow, that is a lot of countries and a lot of people. The survey didn't include Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, or India though. I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were extrapolated even higher if they were.

 

Curious, do you even know how many Muslims live in Western Europe and the United States?

 

I agree with Jaguar Warrior on this point (and probably only this point). Pew are a respected organisation and they use reliable methods, and this data seems like a valid representation of Muslim opinion worldwide.

 

Where I disagree with Jaguar Warrior is in the interpretation of the data. He says "Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, 1.1 billion support Shariah law. Sorry, but if you support Shariah law, you support violence and oppression of non-Muslims".  His maths may be right, but to extrapolate that by supporting Sharia law you support 'violence and oppression of non-Muslims' is simply not true, as the report goes on to examine in great detail.

 

Without getting too far into the statistics, here is the summary:

 


 

Interesting stuff. As always the truth lies somewhere in the grey area, but people don't like the grey area. They like black or white.

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