Last year about 14,000 murders occurred in the U.S. Yes, that is a large number. Yes, that is more than died in the Gulf War and the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War combined. Ok, here’s the question:
Of the approximately 14,000 murders committed in the U.S. in 2011, how many were the result of Islamic extremism?
Ready for the answer? It was zero.
There was one attempted attack, though. A former Marine Crops reservist pleaded guilty to firing shots late one night into a military building in northern Virginia. No one was injured. The would-be Muslim terrorist received a sentence of 25 years.
This info comes from an article in the New York Times from Feb. 8 entitled, “U.S. Muslims Rarely Seen In Terror Acts, Study Finds.” Someone should probably forward this to Rep. Peter King, the chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, who held hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims.
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