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Europol releases an annual study of terrorism; the results do not support claims that “(nearly) all Muslims are terrorists”<\/p>\n
\u00a0Islamophobes have been popularizing the claim that \u201cnot all Muslims are terrorists, but (nearly) all terrorists are Muslims.\u201d\u00a0 Despite this idea becoming axiomatic in some circles, it is quite simply not factual.\u00a0\u00a0In my previous article entitled \u201cAll Terrorists are Muslims\u2026Except the 94% that Aren\u2019t\u201d<\/a>, I used official FBI records<\/a> to show that only 6% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from 1980 to 2005\u00a0were\u00a0carried out by\u00a0Islamic extremists.\u00a0 The remaining 94% were from other groups (42% from Latinos, 24% from extreme left wing groups, 7% from extremist Jews, 5% from communists, and 16% from all other groups).<\/p>\n But what about across the pond?\u00a0 The data gathered by Europol strengthens my argument even further. (hat tip: Koppe)\u00a0 Europol publishes an annual report entitled EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report<\/strong>.\u00a0 On their official\u00a0website<\/a>, you can access the reports from 2007<\/a>, 2008<\/a>, and 2009<\/a>.\u00a0 (If anyone can find the reports from earlier than that, please let me know so we can include those as well.)<\/p>\n The results are stark, and prove decisively that not all terrorists are Muslims.\u00a0 In fact, a whopping 99.6% of terrorist attacks in Europe were by non-Muslim groups; a good 84.8% of attacks were from separatist groups completely unrelated to Islam.\u00a0 Leftist groups accounted for over sixteen times as much terrorism as radical Islamic groups.\u00a0 Only a measly 0.4% of terrorist attacks from 2007 to 2009 could be attributed to extremist Muslims.<\/p>\n Here are the official tables provided in the reports\u2026<\/p>\n For 2006:<\/p>\n For 2007:<\/p>\n For 2008:<\/p>\n (According to the report, there was 1 \u201cIslamist attack\u201d in the UK in 2008, which was omitted in the\u00a0table above.\u00a0 It has been included in the bar graph below.)<\/p>\n Just glancing at those tables is enough to know how absurd it is to claim that \u201call terrorists are Muslims.\u201d\u00a0 That statement is nowhere near the truth.\u00a0 If we compile the data, it comes out to this:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On p.7, the 2009 Europol report<\/a> concludes:<\/p>\n Islamist terrorism is still perceived as being the biggest threat worldwide, despite the fact that the EU only faced one Islamist terrorist attack in 2008.\u00a0 This bomb attack took place in the UK\u2026Separatist terrorism remains the terrorism area which affects the EU most. This includes Basque separatist terrorism in Spain and France, and Corsican terrorism in France\u2026Past contacts between ETA and the FARC illustrate the fact that also separatist terrorist organizations seek cooperation partners outside the EU on the basis of common interests.\u00a0 In the UK, dissident Irish republican groups, principally the RIRA and the CIRA, and other paramilitary groups may continue to engage in crime and violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Perception is not reality.\u00a0 Due to the right wing\u2019s influence and\u00a0propaganda, people mistakenly think that Islamic terrorism is the greatest threat to the Western world.\u00a0 It is even a commonly held belief that\u00a0Islamic terrorism poses an existential threat\u2013that the very survival of the Western world is at stake.\u00a0 Of course, the reality is that there are other groups\u00a0that engage in terrorism on a much larger scale, yet these terrorist incidents are minimized.\u00a0 Acts of terrorism committed by Muslims are purposefully sensationalized and focused upon, culminating in the idea that \u201c(nearly) all terrorists are Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n Terrorism from Islamic extremists is certainly a cause for concern, but it need not be an issue that creates mass hysteria.\u00a0 Nor should it be allowed to be such a critical issue that we are willing to sacrifice our ideals or civil rights for fear of it.\u00a0 Neither should we be reduced to a status of absolute sissitude.\u00a0 We have\u00a0analyzed data from America and Europe (a good portion of the entire\u00a0Western world), and the threat from Islamic terrorism is much more minimal than commonly assumed; in the U.S., it accounts for 6% of terrorist attacks, and in Europe not even half of a percent.<\/p>\n It is only through sensationalism and fear mongering that the topic of Islamic terrorism is allowed to be used to demonize a religious community that happens to be a minority in the West.\u00a0 When confronted by such lunacy, we ought to respond with the facts and the truth.<\/p>\n In a future article, we shall analyze the data for terrorism on the world stage in order to further strengthen our argument\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Perception is not reality. Due to the right wing\u2019s influence and propaganda, people mistakenly think that Islamic terrorism is the greatest threat to the Western world. It is even a commonly held belief that Islamic terrorism poses an existential threat\u2013that the very survival of the Western world is at stake. Of course, the reality is that there are other groups that engage in terrorism on a much larger scale, yet these terrorist incidents are minimized. Acts of terrorism committed by Muslims are purposefully sensationalized and focused upon, culminating in the idea that \u201c(nearly) all terrorists are Muslims.\u201d Continue reading ![\"20063b\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.loonwatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/20063b.jpg?resize=440%2C251\" "\\"20063b\\"")
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