DAR AL HARB - U.S.A.: A FEW FRINGE JIHADISTS HERE, A FEW THERE & SOON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BLOODY REAL NUMBERS...

Muslim minority a jihad makes
By Michelle Malkin

If we believe the spin of Associated Press headline writers, there’s little cause for concern about a new Pew poll. “Most U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings,” the AP headline writer blithely reports.

But the details of the poll show that the always-downplayed tiny minority of jihadi sympathizers in America is cause for big concern.

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The poll comes on the heels of the Fort Dix jihadi terror bust involving young, American-raised Muslims and the conviction of Muslim doctor Rafiq Abdus Sabir - born in Harlem, based in Florida - who had vowed to treat injured al-Qaeda fighters so they could return to Iraq to kill Americans. A Brooklyn bookstore owner and a Washington, D.C., cab driver also were sentenced to prison in the case. The tiny minority of jihadi sympathizers aren’t just sitting around. They are recruiting, proselytizing, plotting and growing.

I’m reminded of a similar poll conducted in Indonesia last fall. One in 10 Indonesian Muslims was found to support bombings in defense of Islam. They took the news a little more seriously in “moderate” Indonesia. One in 10 in Indonesia, you see, equals 19 million Muslims for violent jihad. That’s just Indonesia.

Polling in Britain found that 13 percent of British Muslims believe the London subway bombers are “martyrs,” and 7 percent approve of suicide bombings on civilians in Britain in some cases.

Now, add that to the 16 percent of French Muslims, 16 percent of Spanish Muslims, 7 percent of German Muslims, 28 percent of Egyptian Muslims, 14 percent of Pakistani Muslims and 46 percent of Nigerian Muslims who told Pew last year that “violence against civilian targets in order to defend Islam” can be justified “often/sometimes.”

A few fringe jihadists here, a few fringe jihadists there, and soon you’re talking about bloody real numbers.


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