Thursday, August 04, 2011

Who are the supporters of terrorism in America? (A CA Guest Post)

According to the latest Gallup Poll, American Jews support terrorism at a significantly higher rate than American Muslims. And the group that has the highest rate of support for terrorism? Christians!

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/gallup-poll-reveals-common-ground-for-jewish-and-muslim-americans-1.376598

"Gallup poll reveals common ground for Jewish and Muslim Americans"

"According to the poll, 89% of Muslim Americans say there is never a justification for attacks on civilians, compared to 79% of Mormon Americans, 75% of Jewish Americans, and 71% of Protestant and Catholic Americans. It was also found that the frequency with which Muslim Americans — or any other faith group — attend religious services has no effect on whether they justify violence against civilians. "

To put this another way: 29% of Christians, 25% of Jews, and 21% of Mormons believe that at least sometimes, attacks on civilians are justified. This is borne out by history -- the United States, run mostly by Christians, has been bombing civilians as part of its wars since at least World War 2. (See: Firebombing of Tokyo, not to mention atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Christmas bombing of Hanoi), the Mormons have terrorist attacks in their history (See Mountain Meadows Massacre
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre), and as for American Jews, well, look at what happened in New Square recently. On the other hand, only 11% of American Muslims believe that attacks on civilians are justified. Sure, in all cases, only a small minority endorses such attacks, but you only need one person...

By these numbers, I think we should all fear our Christian, Jewish, and Mormon neighbors more than our Muslim neighbors.

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