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.
“[...] 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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