.... I don’t find it difficult to believe that 15-25% of Muslims around the world believe extreme interpretations of Islam. For example, a poll carried out by Policy Exchange suggested that 37% of young British Muslims would prefer to live under sharia law and a third believe that the death penalty should apply for apostasy. In Pakistan, Pew Global puts these at 84% and 76% respectively.
Pew shows a frighteningly high level of support throughout Muslim-majority countries for implementing sharia as the law of the land, with significant support for punishments such as limb-amputation for theft and stoning for sex outside of marriage (which would include homosexual sex).
Most alarming is the support declared for sharia to be imposed on non-Muslim citizens – this ranges from 19% in Kasakhstan to a staggering 74% of Muslims polled in Egypt. [Harry’s Place] Read more
