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If most of the followers weren't peaceful things would be much different. There are a billion of them.

The problem is that many, perhaps most Moslems applaud and support Bin Laden and his goals. They may not strap on a bomb themselves, but the ululating hag celebrating 9/11 in Gaza was not unrepresentative.

Yeah, a billion people can all be wrong. That many were wrong to follow Mao and the Gang of Four. Just because Islam is a religion and not purely a political movement doesn't mean it can't be as illegitimate and murdurous as Mao, Stalin, or Hitler's cults.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Yes, a billion people can be wrong, but just under Mao, it only takes a relatively small population to cause havoc. This is true of every group.