In the Muslim Arab world, Bin Laden's terrorism has a higher percentage of support than the Democratic (or Republican) Party has in the U.S.
Koran huggers keep trying to hit me with Pew Global's surveys, as evidence that terrorists do not represent the majority of Muslims. Let's take a closer look at the Pew Global data:
<img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=792757>
Muslim Arabs compose the bulk of the world's terrorists, yet Pew
purposely picked the most Liberal & moderate of Muslim countries- and only one (Jordan) has an overwhelming Muslim Arab majority. The survey results from Lebanon are worthless, as the Lebanese population is divided about 70/30 between Muslims and Christians- and these groups live mostly segregated from each other. From the poll results, I think you can guess in which area of Lebanon this poll was conducted.
No survey results from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen or Syria- The places where the most Muslim Arabs (and Islamic terrorism supporters) can be found. Fortunately, some data from Saudi does exist, but not from Pew:
Poll of Saudis shows wide support for bin Laden's views
Why do I claim that Bin Laden's terrorism enjoys even more support from Arab Muslims, than the Democratic party has from Americans? Only 18% of Jordanians surveyed had absolutely no confidence in Al-Qaida. Draw your own conclusions.
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=248
