Today's Cartoons

Feb 28 2008

Survey: Only 7% of Muslims want to kill us - Gee I feel better.

Published by Karl at 2:32 am under Uncategorized

I saw this referenced at Hot Air:

Muslim Survey “Challenges” West

A new Gallup poll is being touted as a “challenge” to  western misperceptions of Islam. The survey was done on three continents and took six years to complete, and as the French news agency AFP reports, we’ve all been a little alarmist over here:

“About  93 percent of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews.”

The punchline (emphasis mine):

Seven percent of 1.3 billion leaves us with . . . 91 million radical Islamists. And to think we were concerned!

Nuff Said.

 Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, The Virtuous Republic, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Right Truth, Conservative Cat, Adeline and Hazel, third world county, The World According to Carl, Pirate’s Cove, Celebrity Smack, The Pink Flamingo, , Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Voices, The Yankee Sailor, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

One Response to “Survey: Only 7% of Muslims want to kill us - Gee I feel better.”

  1. Rosemary's Thoughtson 29 Feb 2008 at 7:11 pm

    Charles Taylor: Witness in hiding after threats…

    Today I have received news that the trial being held in the Hague is causing angst among its witnesses. One in particular, Varmuyan Sherif, has been threatened for testifying against his boss, Charles Taylor, ex-president of Liberia, is suspected ……..

Trackback URI | Comments RSS

Leave a Reply

You can track future comments on this post via this RSS feed. You can trackback this post by pinging this URL.

Allowed HTML: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

  • Welcome to Leaning Straight Up


    Contact Me
    My Seattle PI Blog
    My Website

    I am unapologetic
    about being patriotic

    We Must Not Forget


    Leaning Straight Up Honors:
    Robert William McPadden, age 30

  • Buy Me A Pony

    Thank you for supporting Leaning Straight Up
  • Recent Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Categories

  •  

    February 2008
    M T W T F S S
    « Jan   Mar »
     123
    45678910
    11121314151617
    18192021222324
    2526272829  
  • Archives


  • Hosted by:


    Banner

    blogroll

    Blogroll Me!


    *** - Recently Updated

    Recommended Reading




  • Advertisers






    Mailing List


    Sign up to be notified of new posts

    What People are saying about LSU


    “Good blog from a new reader." ~ Lars Larson, Syndicated Talk Radio Host

    "I really was blown away by the depth of your writing -- do you write for a living? If not, why not? Count me among YOUR fans." ~ Melanie Morgan, Syndicated Talk Radio Host

    "One of the best Northwest Blogs" ~ Bryan Suits, Radio Talk Show Host KFI 640am

    "Not trying to blow smoke up your butt, but you turn a nice phrase - even though we often disagree!" ~ Ken Schram, Northwest Radio and Television Commentator

    New blog recommendation: ST reader Karl’s blog Leaning Straight Up ~ Sister Toldjah, Nationally recognized blogger

    "It’s a well-written blog and it was enjoying to read through."
    ~ Jon Fredkove, Strategic Name Development







  • Site Stats



  • Syndications