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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (212702)12/6/2004 11:56:09 AM
From: beach_bum   of 1575623
 
Mindmeld,
"There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the whole world, the majority of which live in the Middle East, which is a very violent and barbaric place."

Check your numbers again. it might opens your eyes a little. More than 3 out of 4 muslims live outside of middle east. Muslims of indonesia and india (combined) itself outnumber muslims in middle east.

here's a snapshot from 1996 of muslim population distribution.
islam.about.com

'You can't tell me it's fringe when you look around the world and 95% of the flashpoints are Muslims fighting other groups of people."

I noticed you keep bringing this 95% up. Do you realize, in th a past century, in about 95% of the 'killings' muslims had no role to play. So, why is this 'flashpoint' you keep refering to, more important than the actual deaths caused ?

Bum.
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