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The Size of Jihadism

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Submitted by Timothy Roberts (United States), Mar 11, 2004 at 20:16

Dr. Pipes correctly sees terrorism as the manifestation of the disease and not as its cause. The Islamist / Jihadist philosophy is the culprit and I agree it should be the target of the world's war against terrorism. Many statistical models will support the enumeration of 200 million male Muslims between the ages of 18 and 55, worldwide. Even if only one percent of these were Islamist militants or supporters, that would calculate to a staggering 2 million Jihadis. I fear, however, the support for Jihadism is far greater than this.
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Islam and Militant Islam, same thing [451 words]K JacksonMar 22, 2004 13:2514292
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Islamism [237 words]John McClainMar 10, 2004 11:5314157
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support for bush reelection [18 words]Jack GoldbergMar 9, 2004 16:1814143
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Political Stupidity [187 words]JimSMar 9, 2004 12:2314133
no point in gratuitously antagonizing a possible next president [88 words]Marvin RabinovitchMar 9, 2004 10:4514132
Spinning Capture of Osama [55 words]alan septimusMar 9, 2004 10:2614131
Thank you [230 words]BrettMar 9, 2004 09:5514129
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