Originally Posted by rickair7777
The hard reality is that a large percentage, perhaps a majority, of muslims worldwide provide emotional support to the radicals. A somewhat smaller percentage provide financial and materiel support. This is not a secret to anyone who has been immersed in the arab world...there was dancing in streets on 9/11.
I don't know if it was a majority. I agree that there were those that were seen on TV in the streets celebrating. However, we really don't know how many people actually support radical groups. IF TV shows thousands of people in the streets, there are generally tens of thousands that didn't come out to celebrate. Shots of "mobs" of crowds can often be deceiving, especially with media spin and ratings always at the forefront.
There were many outraged Muslims that were pouring out emotion for the victims of 9/11.
All that I am saying is that it is dangerous to derive conclusions about an entire group of people or an entire religion based on the actions of small fractions of the population.
I know and have worked with many happy, outgoing, intelligent, friendly, and otherwise socially stable and society-contributing Muslims, and I'm proud to call them friends.