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Friday, 27 January 2012

Threat of Muslim-American [and of All Muslims] Terrorism in U.S [and Everywhere] Is Exaggerated

As by the "Terrorism Report 2002-2005" published by the FBI on its publications' Webpage, around 285 occurrences of terrorism were accounted for during the period between 1980 and 2005 in the United States of America.

An article on the Loonwatch Website commented on the reports' findings as such:

“[...] According to this data, there were MORE JEWISH acts of terrorism within the United States than ISLAMIC (20 events or 7% for Jewish Extremist vs. 17 events or 6% for Muslim Extremists). 

[...] Yet notice the disparity in media coverage between the two. 

It would indeed be very interesting to construct a corresponding pie chart that depicted the level of media coverage of each group [cited in the report; see pie chart here-below].
FBI's Report: Terrorist Events in the USA (1980-2005)

[...] Yet, Americans continue to live in mortal fear of radical Islam, a fear propagated and inflamed by right wing Islamophobes. If one follows the cable news networks, it seems as if all terrorists are Muslims. 

It has even become axiomatic in some circles to chant: Not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are Muslims.

This article, entitled “All Terrorists are Muslims…Except the 94% that Aren’t”, was posted on the Loonwatch Website following the publication of a study conducted by researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, and which concludes that the “Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S” is “exaggerated”.

Read (and download) the full Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans study here.

You read CNN's comment on the study here.

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