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Nucleus wrote:here is for one:

shafique wrote:FD asks for experts that agree with the statistics, Nucleus provides exactly that request.

Now, let's see what FD's reaction is. I hope it is not the usual denial of facts which do not agree with the Islamophobic myths.

shafique wrote:99.5% of terrorist acts were carried out by non-Muslims last year in the EU. Brievik was certainly not a Muslim, so if he had carried out his killings in the EU, his atrocity would have counted towards the 99.5%. The chilling fact is that Breivik's attack is not in the 99.5%, as it occured outside the EU stats.

You're in denial that Nucleus addressed directly FD's request.

Cheers,
Shafique

event horizon wrote:FD's question was about Islamic terrorism in comparison with other forms of terrorism - and the general consensus is that Islamic terrorism is the primary terrorist threat for most Western nations.

How serious is the current global terrorism phenomenon? Rik Legault‘s (P.1) review informs us that while terrorist attacks since the turn of the century have become progressively more dangerous worldwide, with an increasing likelihood of death and injury in a terrorist attack, they are still very rare – 100 times rarer than homicides in the U.S. Attacks on the U.S. are more likely to be on foreign soil and target selection is primarily a function of proximity.

According to James Lutz (P.2), the greatest domestic (U.S.) threat is from extreme right wing groups, including radical environmental groups. He points out that the underlying issues that motivate white supremacist, anti-abortion, tax resistor, and animal rights groups have not gone away, nor have the groups. Furthermore, the election of an African-American president may fuel the grievances and fears of white supremacist organizations. While there have been a few homegrown militant Islamist terrorist cells spawned in the U.S., in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and Florida, the groups that were serious and capable enough to plan and execute attacks appear to be the exceptions.

I highlighted the bits in red which clearly show that your right-wing friends are the main threat in the USA when it comes to domestic terrorism

shafique wrote:So your latest theory is that it is a media conspiracy theory!

I actually quoted official Europol statistics though. Are they in on the conspiracy too?

LOL

Cheers,
Shafique

Bethsmum wrote:It isn't a media conspiracy. The Bitish press do not refer to a person's religion, ethic background or colour.
Fact.
I thought you would have known that if you were 'British'.

UK's Muslim soldiers ‘fighting extremists not Muslims'


Pte El-Miniawi said he'd "happily die for and kill for" his country

With more than 600 Muslims in the British Armed Forces, do those that are deployed on the front line in Afghanistan have to reconcile their beliefs in order to fight hardline Islamic Taliban militants?

"My home is the UK. As a Muslim, that's the place I'd happily die for and kill for. That's the same way it's going to remain until my dying day.

"My entire soul belongs to the UK and I'm more than proud to fight for this country."

Pte Shehab El-Din Ahmed El-Miniawi, is serving with 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment in Helmand Province, a Taliban stronghold and scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the nation.

The only practising Muslim in his battalion, Pte El-Miniawi is on his first tour of Afghanistan.

"I came with no perception of what this place was going to be like, be it hot, be it cold, be it dangerous, be it IED (improvised explosive device)-ridden, whatever," he said.

"If you narrow it down, we're not just fighting Muslims we're fighting extremists. Every culture, every faith... has an extremist background in it.

"That's something I personally feel should be eradicated, so this is why I'm here to fight this war really."

Pte El-Miniawi said his religion was often an advantage out on patrol and the Afghan people warmed to him once they realised they shared the same faith.

"The bosses, the officers who have helped me out on the ground, have pushed me forward to talk to and engage with locals and that breaks the ice.
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"It requires a lot of talking to the locals as well, understanding what their background is like, looking at what they want from us."

He said his fellow soldiers had joked with him about being Muslim, but it was not a real issue.
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I don't see it as a war against Islam. Some of the work is helping people and hopefully Afghanistan to progress ”
Corporal Raziya Aslam
Army linguist

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Gen Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff recently paid tribute to serving Muslim soldiers and called for more to join up.

"We've got a very bright, vibrant and growing number of Muslims in the British armed forces and they are a very important part of our lives.

"They are very proud members of the British nation but they happen to be Muslims as well, they don't think there's any contradiction at all."