RE: Is the ''Only a minority of Muslims are radical'' true?
June 13, 2015 at 9:17 am
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2015 at 9:18 am by TheMessiah.)
(June 13, 2015 at 9:11 am)abaris Wrote:(June 13, 2015 at 9:06 am)TheMessiah Wrote: The study is across the board, they sampled rich, middle class and working class. Only a minority of Muslims were militant, yet from that minority, a common theme was wealth privilege.
No, damn it. Read the fucking document I linked to. Not only my quotations.
Can you be arsed to look a little deeper or is that beyond your ability?
I'm going to have to spell it out for you, slowly:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article...ne.0090718
Sample: ''A cross-sectional survey of a representative population sample of men and women aged 18–45, of Muslim heritage and recruited by quota sampling by age, gender, working status, in two English cities''
From their sample, only a minority showed sympathy for terrorism: ''2.4% of people showed some sympathy for violent protest and terrorist acts.''
Now, let's examine that minority and look for traits shared among them:
Acknowledging sympathy for terrorism is uncommon: ''Sympathies for violent protest and terrorism were uncommon among men and women, aged 18–45''
Yet those who did sympathize: ''Youth, wealth, and being in education rather than employment were risk factors.''
Common traits of the 2.4% who showed sympathy for terrorism:
- Young
- Still in education
- Wealthy
These traits are highly common among most British Jihads who joined ISIS; most were in university, were born and raised in England, and had privileged backgrounds.
So you really didn't read the study carefully, or you misunderstood it. It is specifically saying that the young, privileged educated Muslims, still in education are risky.
