Ishmael
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The following statistics come from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and are from 2011.
In 2011 there were 12,533 deaths attributable to terrorism world wide.
Of those deaths 70% (8,886) were attributable to Sunni Muslims.
1,926 were attributable to Secular/Political/Anarchist groups with 50% of those perpetrated by leftist groups (FARC, CPI-Maoist, NPA-CCP, and PKK.
1,519 were of unknown affiliation.
170 were attributable to 'other.' (Whatever the hell that means.)
77 were attributable to Neo-Nazi/White Supremacist groups.
The statistics really don't leave much room for discussion as to where the problem lies, do they?
At first I was rather surprised by the lack of Shia' representation in the statistics. In retrospect I shouldn't have been surprised at all. While the Shia' and the Sunni share a common core book, The Qur'an, they follow a completely different set of Hadith's (guides as how to interpret the Qur'an). The Sunni are heavily into predestination ("As Allah wills"), whereas the Shia' lean significantly towards 'free will.'
Ishmael
In 2011 there were 12,533 deaths attributable to terrorism world wide.
Of those deaths 70% (8,886) were attributable to Sunni Muslims.
1,926 were attributable to Secular/Political/Anarchist groups with 50% of those perpetrated by leftist groups (FARC, CPI-Maoist, NPA-CCP, and PKK.
1,519 were of unknown affiliation.
170 were attributable to 'other.' (Whatever the hell that means.)
77 were attributable to Neo-Nazi/White Supremacist groups.
The statistics really don't leave much room for discussion as to where the problem lies, do they?
At first I was rather surprised by the lack of Shia' representation in the statistics. In retrospect I shouldn't have been surprised at all. While the Shia' and the Sunni share a common core book, The Qur'an, they follow a completely different set of Hadith's (guides as how to interpret the Qur'an). The Sunni are heavily into predestination ("As Allah wills"), whereas the Shia' lean significantly towards 'free will.'
Ishmael