Are most terrorists Muslim?

Claim: "Most of the world's Muslims are not terrorists, but most of the world's terrorists are Muslims"

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Status: False

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This claim was first made by the vitriolic polemicist Ann Coulter.

This claim was repeated without attribution on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), a Pat Robertson channel, during a plug for counterjihadi Robert Spencer's book 'Religion of Peace'.

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Response

"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"

United States

"I used official FBI records to show that only 6% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from 1980 to 2005 were carried out by Islamic extremists. 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)."

Europe

"The results are stark, and prove decisively that not all terrorists are Muslims. 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. Leftist groups accounted for over sixteen times as much terrorism as radical Islamic groups. Only a measly 0.4% of terrorist attacks from 2007 to 2009 could be attributed to extremist Muslims."

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References
1. Not All Terrorists are Muslims
2. Extremism in Europe

Was EDL 'Jewish' Division page deleted by Facebook?

Claim: English Defence League 'Jewish' Division facebook page deleted by Facebook.

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Status: False

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EDL's 'Jewish' Division facebook page was deleted, not by Facebook, as the far-right blogger Pamela Geller claimed, but by one unamed admin (of four) for that division.

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Claim:

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Evidence:
'Roberta Moore', a Brazilian who is co-admin for the 'Jewish Division' explains:

BTW, the guy who deleted our EDL Jewish Division page was one of our ADMIN guys, but now he is teaming up with this lot of losers!! I never thought we would be betrayed by our own!! TRAITORS!!!
SHAME ON YOU!!
I hope you are fucking happy now for achieving NOTHING with your pathetic and petty little fucking squabbles. GROW THE FUCK UP!!
We have a big job to do, but you 'children' are fighting for petty things!!
The EDL and their supporters deserve better than this!

Learning to love the Jews: the impact of the War on Terror on the Counter-jihad blogosphere on European far right parties

Learning to love the Jews: the impact of the War on Terror on the Counter-jihad blogosphere on European far right parties

"This paper will use the term counter-jihad to describe to a particular right wing discourse that sees Islam as a threat to the west and Europe. This is more than saying that terrorism committed in the name of Islam is a threat, because it construes non-violent phenomenon such as Islamist political movements, both within Europe and beyond and, importantly, simply the presence in Europe of Muslims as immigrants or descendants of immigrants as existential threats"

"Allah means curse" in Hebrew

Claim: "Allah means curse" in Hebrew.

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STATUS: FALSE

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This claim's origin is unknown to the author, however it seems likely to have originated from the American Christian Right.

The claim can only be accepted by one who does not understand Hebrew, or by someone who deliberately wishes to deceive people who do not understand Hebrew.

An understanding of Hebrew and Aramaic immediately dispels this false claim, as these two very different Hebrew scholars explain:

The 910 Group and Center for Vigilant Freedom

On Oct 13, 2006, the 910group blogspot wrote a brief article, citing Center for Security Policy's Christine Brim and rightwing conservative ideologue William Lind.

Comments below the line were made by co-directors of the Center for Vigilant Freedom - Vicky Kaufer (Vicktorya), Edward May (Baron Bodissey) Chris Knowles (Aeneas).

Alan Lake (red tshirt) and Roberta Moore (holding microphone) at the 17th April 2010 EDL demo in Dudley:

Aeneas - EDL spokesman for CVF/ICLA

http://4freedoms.ning.com/forum/topics/whats-going-on-with-edl-on?groupUrl=EDL&groupId=3766518%3AGroup%3A255&id=3766518%3ATopic%3A8991&page=7

Reply by Aeneas Lavinium on November 19, 2009 at 9:15pm
Hi Shiva - good to see you here.

You are a veteren (sic) from the early days of the old 910 group and it is great to see you commenting here. The EDL is a young group that so far has been very effective in raising awareness of the threat that faces Britain. Try to be understanding of their position, their heart is in the right place and they are doing their best under very difficult and oppressive conditions. Britain has become a totalitarian state where criticism of Islam is just about illegal and a large sway of the population belives whe the multicultural elite tells them. It is unfortunately a gradual process to wake up the people who have been indoctrinated and blinded by political correctness.

Under current conditions the EDL policy, in my view is correct, and they have undergone a great deal of criticism, even though they have been moderate and undertanding of their opponents point of view. This gives them the high moral ground even if the political and media corruption reduces that moral hight ground to the quagmire of a swamp. They are doing well, getting publicity for the cause and upsetting people (always a good thing, especially in a repressed and complint country such as the UK). Their goal must be to educate the waverers, and not people who have read extensively and who are acutely aware of the real and present danger that we face. I am just reading Brigitte Gabriel's book 'why they hate' and that shows what happens when Islam becomes dominant - as it did in Lebanon, a previously Christian country.

What I would advise people is to read extensively, become educated and challenge the politically correct traitors in rational terms that make them look like the short sighted and ridiculous fools that they are. At the moment EDL is adopting and appropriate policy to reach the people that need to be reached. EDL is an aspiring political operation that needs to become a mass movement if it is to have an impact on UK politics. To do that it needs to have well thought out policies that appeal to as many people in Britain as possible.

Anyway, it is good to have Shiva stirring things up and provoking thought – that is how the most effective ideas are developed and how the most influential policies are brought into being. We must be forever vigilant about arguing on the basis of the battlefield as defined by our enemies.

Aeneas