I have repeatedly asserted here and elsewhere that the Muslim extremists do NOT represent true Islam. However the opinion poll given here suggests that I may be quite wrong.
[i]Based on a new Gallup World Poll of more than 9,000 interviews in nine Muslim countries, we find that Muslim radicals have more in common with their moderate brethren than is often assumed. If the West wants to reach the extremists, and empower the moderate Muslim majority, it must first recognize who it?s up against.[/i]
Hence this poll which suggests that the extremists are difficult to identify as separate from the moderates because in many areas they appear to be the opposite of what we may have assumed, e.g. impoverished uneducated people who are brainwashed into hating the West and especially the USA.
My apologies for assuming that the intent of the post would be readily recognised.
[b]Note:[/b]
[i]Respondents who said 9/11 was unjustified (1 or 2 on a 5-point scale, where 1 is totally unjustified and 5 is completely justified) are classified as moderates. Respondents who said 9/11 was justified (4 or 5 on the same scale) are classified as radicals. The data for this poll were obtained during 2005-06 from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Approximately 1,000 in-home interviews were conducted in each country. The sampling mix of urban and rural areas is the statistical equivalent of surveying each nation?s adult population, with a statistical sampling error rate of +/- 3 percent.]/i]
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3637&page=0