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<blockquote data-quote="LotusBud" data-source="post: 1042507" data-attributes="member: 1123">I am getting tired of your nonsense.&quot;But let’s spend a moment to reflect on this allegation; namely, that “<a href="http://avari.typepad.com/avari/2010/10/jihadis-killed-270-million-people.html" target="_blank">270 million</a>” are victims of a homogenous jihadi juggernaut. It is certainly an amazingly precise claim. It is often frequently repeated – Islamophobia resembles nothing if not an echo chamber of incorrectness. In the months since, I’ve encountered many anti-Muslim voices repeat or inflate this number. Most recently, I’ve been challenged to explain the “300 million” killed by “jihad”.Even if we stick with the lower number, I can tell you that this number was probably pulled out of thin air. (Even if it wasn’t, as I will show, it doesn’t matter.) But for the sake of argument, let’s take this claim seriously. Namely, that “Muslims” killed somewhere between two or three hundred million. Can that be possible? Where does this number come from? Does it reveal a uniquely and dangerously recurrent Islamic aptitude for mass violence? In short, no, out of nowhere, and no.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/1/3/the-myth-of-the-murderous-muslim[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LotusBud, post: 1042507, member: 1123"] I am getting tired of your nonsense. "But let’s spend a moment to reflect on this allegation; namely, that “[URL='http://avari.typepad.com/avari/2010/10/jihadis-killed-270-million-people.html']270 million[/URL]” are victims of a homogenous jihadi juggernaut. It is certainly an amazingly precise claim. It is often frequently repeated – Islamophobia resembles nothing if not an echo chamber of incorrectness. In the months since, I’ve encountered many anti-Muslim voices repeat or inflate this number. Most recently, I’ve been challenged to explain the “300 million” killed by “jihad”. Even if we stick with the lower number, I can tell you that this number was probably pulled out of thin air. (Even if it wasn’t, as I will show, it doesn’t matter.) But for the sake of argument, let’s take this claim seriously. Namely, that “Muslims” killed somewhere between two or three hundred million. Can that be possible? Where does this number come from? Does it reveal a uniquely and dangerously recurrent Islamic aptitude for mass violence? In short, no, out of nowhere, and no." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/1/3/the-myth-of-the-murderous-muslim[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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