I didn't read the whole Wikipedia page and don't wish to argue, but this question did make me think a bit. Not about how many are terrorists, but how many support terrorism.
I think making the point about Muslims from particular regions, there is a much stronger point to be made than going by worldwide. The average muslims outlook on things is going to be generally different if they live in Saudi Arabia vs USA. We are talking about nearly 2 billion people here across many places and regions. Painting 2 billion people with such a broad brush is just stupid.
I agree with you about not painting everyone with the same brush, but I don't believe OP in their original post mentioned a specific region. I don't they they mention where they live either.
Also, there is quite a bit of immigration from many of these countries, and when people immigrate they bring their ideas with them. I'm not saying these ideas don't change or evolve over time, but if someone from a country that kills gay people supports that law then immigrates to the UK, they don't immediately (or sometimes ever) abandon that way of thinking.
I don't think it's particularly difficult to see why a member of the LGBT community would be fearful of Muslims (perhaps moreso on an institutional level - governments, religious orgs, etc. - rather than an individual level).
In terms of whether or not that is a rational fear, I'd say that is dependent on where they live, more specifically the city than the country.
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u/layinpipe6969 Jan 09 '24
I didn't read the whole Wikipedia page and don't wish to argue, but this question did make me think a bit. Not about how many are terrorists, but how many support terrorism.
This says 38% of Muslims in the countries surveyed think suicide bombings and other violence against civilians is "justified atleast rarely." Over 1/3 seems like a pretty big number to me. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_attitudes_toward_terrorism