Is the ''Only a minority of Muslims are radical'' true?

[TheMessiah]

Can you explain to me how it is bias?

There are 49 Muslim-majority countries in the world. Maybe more than six or seven need to be surveyed to get a picture of Islam. And maybe it shouldn't be restricted to Muslim majority countries, millions of Muslims live in countries where they are a (persecuted in some cases) minority; their opinions ought to count for something too. Radical needs to be defined, and so does 'sharia', which means different things to different Muslims. If you surveyed Americans and found out how many would like 'Biblical Law' instituted, you wouldn't think they were all for going back to stoning adultresses, would you?
It's biased because it leaves way too many Muslims out, and given the site, it's likely that the countries with the most alarming responses were cherry picked.

I have a few problems with this this. I think the comparison is dishonest.

The difference between Islamic law and ''Christian'' law is that Islamic law is actually enforced in a dozen nations; do you have evidence that most Americans want a ''Christian law''? Because from what I can tell, America is firmly embedded with a separation between religion and state.

Firstly, the results from those global surveys are by no means ''cherry picks'' --- they are asking direct questions about their beliefs on Islam. These beliefs are not small ''cherry picks'' because many of them are embedded within law. Such as death for apostasy. They are also asking them about current events --- such as the Mohammed cartoonists.

Secondly, the countries in those polls are major Muslim countries; Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, etc...these are major Muslim nations which make up large chunks of the Muslim populace and have such laws.

Thirdly, which countries are Muslims ''persecuted''? The poll shows results from countries which Muslims are the minority --- for example, the majority of Muslims believe Mohammad cartoons should be punished

The site itself did not publish the studies, what published the studies was PEW organisations and other global surveys; the same surveys which sample other populations. Hence I ask...what did PEW get wrong? It's up to you to substantiate it, but I don't think this is alarming because most of this is embedded within Islamic law anyway.