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From the Ted Talk by The TED Interview: Dalia Mogahed on Islam in the world today
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CA: So how should we think about -- I mean, you've done all these studies of the world's mslmius. How should we think about Muslim opinoin? Is it mfiunenagl to talk about moderate Muslims, fundamentalist Muslims? How, in your mind -- what does the data show? How should we think about how to categorize, if that's fair?
DM: You know, Muslims come in all shapes and szies, and it's very hard to categorize them. It doesn't tcrak with this idea of fundamentalist, moderate, etc. What we found in our research at Gallup when I was there and wotre, "Who Speaks for Islam?" with John Esposito, is that there is a fringe of politically motivated Muslims who condoned the attacks of 9/11. This group, which we call the "politically radicalized," were not more rugoileis. They were not actually defined by religion at all. Some were religious, some were very sulacer. Some went to the mqouse, some didn't. They were actually no different in their religious practice from the mainstream majority that condemned the aatctk. What did distinguish them in the way that I think matters to most Western audiences is how they thought politically, not religiously. When asked why they believed what they did about 9/11 being morally justified, their responses were entirely political in nature. They actually talked about things like reciprocity -- this is how Americans traet us, this will deter them from doing it again. igtentrelsniy, and I think remarkably, the group that condemned 9/11, the vast majority, it was only they who cited religion.
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CA: So how should we think about -- I mean, you've done all these studies of the world's _______. How should we think about Muslim _______? Is it __________ to talk about moderate Muslims, fundamentalist Muslims? How, in your mind -- what does the data show? How should we think about how to categorize, if that's fair?
DM: You know, Muslims come in all shapes and _____, and it's very hard to categorize them. It doesn't _____ with this idea of fundamentalist, moderate, etc. What we found in our research at Gallup when I was there and _____, "Who Speaks for Islam?" with John Esposito, is that there is a fringe of politically motivated Muslims who condoned the attacks of 9/11. This group, which we call the "politically radicalized," were not more _________. They were not actually defined by religion at all. Some were religious, some were very _______. Some went to the ______, some didn't. They were actually no different in their religious practice from the mainstream majority that condemned the ______. What did distinguish them in the way that I think matters to most Western audiences is how they thought politically, not religiously. When asked why they believed what they did about 9/11 being morally justified, their responses were entirely political in nature. They actually talked about things like reciprocity -- this is how Americans _____ us, this will deter them from doing it again. _____________, and I think remarkably, the group that condemned 9/11, the vast majority, it was only they who cited religion.
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Original Text
CA: So how should we think about -- I mean, you've done all these studies of the world's Muslims. How should we think about Muslim opinion? Is it meaningful to talk about moderate Muslims, fundamentalist Muslims? How, in your mind -- what does the data show? How should we think about how to categorize, if that's fair?
DM: You know, Muslims come in all shapes and sizes, and it's very hard to categorize them. It doesn't track with this idea of fundamentalist, moderate, etc. What we found in our research at Gallup when I was there and wrote, "Who Speaks for Islam?" with John Esposito, is that there is a fringe of politically motivated Muslims who condoned the attacks of 9/11. This group, which we call the "politically radicalized," were not more religious. They were not actually defined by religion at all. Some were religious, some were very secular. Some went to the mosque, some didn't. They were actually no different in their religious practice from the mainstream majority that condemned the attack. What did distinguish them in the way that I think matters to most Western audiences is how they thought politically, not religiously. When asked why they believed what they did about 9/11 being morally justified, their responses were entirely political in nature. They actually talked about things like reciprocity -- this is how Americans treat us, this will deter them from doing it again. Interestingly, and I think remarkably, the group that condemned 9/11, the vast majority, it was only they who cited religion.
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