Yes they are. They are evil and they may have hundreds of thousands of people associated with them - although, I'm unaware of anything other than estimations as to how many exactly.
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Who are al-Shabab?
Al-Shabab means The Youth in Arabic.
It emerged as the radical youth wing of Somalia's now-defunct Union of Islamic Courts, which controlled Mogadishu in 2006, before being forced out by Ethiopian forces.
There are numerous reports of foreign jihadists going to Somalia to help al-Shabab, from neighbouring countries, as well as the US and Europe.
It is banned as a terrorist group by both the US and the UK and is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters.}
Who are Somalia s al-Shabab - BBC News
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Institute of Strategic Studies estimates that al Qaeda's total strength exceeds 18,000 terrorists. }
JOURNAL An Estimate of Al Qaeda s Current Strength - Global Guerrillas
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So, there are millions.
MY bigotry? So far you haven't established that.[/quote[
The second you floated the Westboro fraud - it was established beyond any question. Only leftist Christophobes float that bullshit.
But I can certainly come up with a huge list of "real Christians" who were devoted to ending the existence of those who did not believe as they did. Belfast is STILL bubbling - and both sides of that issue (Protestant and Catholic) have committed terrible atrocities - some of which were directed against us in the US. Here we have hundreds of thousands of "active" members too. Is it then proper to condemn all of Christianity for their terrorist actions?
Actually, the conflict in Ireland was political and the violence ended long ago. Also, the Irish contained their conflict to themselves (and the Brits they were fighting.)
Quite a different scenario than your Muslim allies.