ISIS is a specific group - they're fighting for a their totalitarian vision of supremacy and apocolyptic vision.
and islamic. I would bet 50% of muslims defend their actions.
You'd lose that bet sweetie
According to newly released data that the Pew Research Center collected in 11 countries with significant Muslim populations, people from Nigeria to Jordan to Indonesia overwhelmingly expressed negative views of ISIS.
funny stuff, it is one poll. along with that is this:
Pew poll claims most Muslims "disdain" ISIS -- but is 60 million really "a small minority" of terror supporters?
Pew poll claims most Muslims "disdain" ISIS -- but is 60 million really "a small minority" of terror supporters?
Pew is a widely respected source of polling.
Pew's article stated:
One exception was Pakistan, where a majority offered no definite opinion of ISIS. The nationally representative surveys were conducted as part of the Pew Research Center’s annual global poll in April and May this year.
In no country surveyed did more than 15% of the population show favorable attitudes toward Islamic State. And in those countries with mixed religious and ethnic populations, negative views of ISIS cut across these lines.
The article you posted is problematic - to the point where I doubt that figure of "60 million"
For example:
Take Turkey, a country of 75 million people, where Pew says "only" 8% support ISIS. That’s 6 million supporters.
Or Pakistan: 9% support it. There are 182 million Pakistanis. So 16 million supporters.
Add it all up — Indonesia, Turkey, Nigeria, Malaysia, the rest — and 60 million Muslims tell Pew Research that they support the Islamic State.
He's taking the entire population of those countries, even where the populations are religiously mixed. For example, Nigeria is an extremely populous country, but is 50.8 Christian. All of this makes for very sloppy claims.
Even with that - it's nowhere near your 50% claim, so admit it - you lost