Is it true that 75% of violence in the world is caused by Muslims?

Question

And if so, what is your source? I heard this from Bill O'Rielly and he won't quote his source so I'm very skeptical here.

Not only are 54% of statistics made up on the spot, but 69% of stats include sexual innuendo.

Answer 1

Bill O'Rielly? Ohhhh.. he knows how to run the channel very well... But, was he mistaken and instead of saying "75% of violence in the world is caused ON Muslims" he said this.

Answer 2

I'd guess that his stat is wrong. Many people in the media giving political analysis argue in favor of something and cannot fully explain their views, so they resort to using stats that sound official, but are just made up. Besides, think about it. Muslims are about 30% of all people on Earth. This means that they cause over twice as much violence as Christians (also 30% of the world's population). I would find that hard to believe. (I remember seeing the stats about populations of different religions in an atlas with statistics in the back of it. However, feel free to be skeptical of my stats too.)

More importantly, how does one measure violence? For instance, if I kill 5 people with a bomb, is that 5 times as violent as killing only one person since more people died? Or would it be counted as one violent act since only one bomb was detonated? What about accidental acts of violence, like hurting someone while playing football? (I mean american football, not soccer. American football, by the way, is somewhat violent, but isn't played in Muslim nations.) I could go on and on, but you probably get my point.


Long story short: The stat was probably made up just so O'Reilly didn't have to explain himself fully. This particular stat is hard to believe and would be impossible to measure accurately, so I wouldn't accept O'Reilly's words as factual. As a wise man (Homer Simpson) once said, "Statistics can be used to prove almost anything. 40% of all people know that."

Answer 3

No way, thats wrong people are just being brainwashed by the mass media.

Think for your self dont judge a religion by the followers but from the religiou text

DiarrheaR...-your a perfect example of a person who is brain washed well what if i tolled you the 9/11 was a set up? dont beleive me then check this documentry out:http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6708190071483512003&q=9%2F11+truth

And there are plenty more documentries out there.

If Islam is for the attacks of 9/11 then that means Muslims should be terrorists but then again there is approx 1.6 billion Muslims in the world if we should do such acts then why isnt 1.6 billion Muslims bombing the world and blowing themselves up

So think for yourself yeah dont judge a religon by the followers but from the Holy text

Answer 4

Most of the violence that goes in the world in NOT caused by religion but rather drugs, alcohol, assault, etc. That is such a ludicrous statement. Most Muslims are peaceful.

Answer 5

I dont know about 75% of violence its near to impossible to measure that.


but I think that it would be fair to say that 75% of the conflicts in the world involve Muslims.

IE Israel/Palestine, India/Pakistan, Sudan, Iraq, Kosavo, east Timur, Indonesia. I could go on.

Answer 6

Were you aware that 54% of statistics are made up on the spot?

Answer 7

whao where did u hear that from....tv. its a lie. its not caused by muslims at all.....hardly. islam is the most peaceful religion in the world. take care :)

media want people to hate islam and muslims so they present this type of trash in front of public. be aware of non sence.

Answer 8

if that stat is true, it wouldnt suprise me, because there are more muslims than any other religion in the world.

Answer 9

Nonsense. Christian nations have the highest crime rates, and Muslim the lowest. Christian USA has killed 650,000 in Iraq. Saudi Arabians killed only 3000 on 9/11.

Answer 10

It will be a fallacy to make that assumption. There are far more violence which we do not hear on the news.