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I don't know the global stats, but in Europe, 0.5% of terrorist attacks are committed by people who identify as Muslim. Christians and atheists commit way more.
by ZoFreX 13y ago
I don't know the global stats, but in Europe, 0.5% of terrorist attacks are committed by people who identify as Muslim. Christians and atheists commit way more.
- colinb 13y ago0.5% ? Really? Can you back that up with a reference please.
- ZoFreX 13y agoSorry, my bookmark for the actual data is now a 404 :( It was from Interpol data, 2009 or 2010 I believe. Interestingly while searching for that data I stumbled across some for the USA: In the 1980 - 2005 period, 6% of terrorist attacks on American soil were carried out by Islamic extremists. 6%!
- vdaniuk 13y agoI would very eager to hear about terrorist acts committed by people who identify as atheist.
- cac04 13y agoI believe the first suicide bomb attacks were committed by Tamil Tigers.
- singlecomment17 13y ago... who were Hindus. As an aside, they also carried out attacks against Tamil Muslims in areas they claimed as theirs (Tigers').
- cac04 13y agoErm, no. The Tamil Tigers were avowed atheists. Here's one citation, you can probably find many others: http://preview.tinyurl.com/p6s9n9k http://preview.tinyurl.com/p6s9n9k
- eitland 13y agoA B Breivik at least claimed not to be a personal believer in Christianity. Also his notes leave little doubt that he didn't practice Christianity. And he sure isn't a Muslim.
- vdaniuk 13y agoHe doesnt identify as atheist per se and his statements on religion are ambiguous. He says, for example, that he prayed to God during attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
- eitland 13y agoI stand corrected. His statements are ambiguous. Thanks.
- eitland 13y agoCurious about the use of present tense. From the top of my mind: Madrid - London subway - Beslan (not sure if that is Europe) - All these are committed by people who claim to be Muslims aren't they? On the other hand you have Oslo/Utøya which was committed by an atheist / agnostic. Please don't misinterpret me: I have Muslim friends as well. I just want to stick to the facts. (and get my facts updated if necessary)
- alephnil 13y agoHe is not an atheist or agnostic, but a christian. He stated multiple times in his manifest that one of his main motive for the terrorist attack was defending christian values.
- eitland 13y agoYes, but not because he consider himself one but because he thinks these values are good for his country. Doesn't make him right either way.
- ZoFreX 13y agoWow, you remembered three! Well done! However, over 2000 terrorist attacks occurred in Europe in the last decade, so you'll need to remember more than three to attempt to show that most of them were muslim in origin/motivation. Here's a hint: You won't manage to find many more than ten.
- eitland 13y agoPlease update me. Either my google skills are failing me, or wikipedia and google is conspiring against me. Or I'm (too) lazy. Or something else.