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What are some reliable sources to find out how many Muslims think that the 9/11 attacks were justified?

Asked by mattbrowne (31732points) July 8th, 2012

Out of the 1.57 billion Muslims on our planet, how many think that the mass murder on September 11, 2001 was completely justified or in some way justified?

By accident I found an article printed by the Weekly Standard in 2008:

“Gallup says only 7 percent of the world’s Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified.”

“The full data from the 9/11 question show that, in addition to the 13.5 percent, there is another 23.1 percent of respondents (300 million Muslims) who told pollsters the attacks were in some way justified.”

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/066chpzg.asp?pg=1

How accurate are these numbers? Do they make sense? Are there other polls corroborating or refuting these numbers?

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