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Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Survey reveals Muslim views on violence,” from The Jakarta Post, with thanks to all who sent this in:

Up to 1.3 percent of Indonesian Muslims nationwide admit using violence against people or objects they consider contradictory to their beliefs, a survey found, with more than 40 percent ready to wage war for their faith.

Acts of violence in the survey on religion and violence by the Center for Islamic and Social Studies (PPIM) ranged from 0.1 percent of respondents admitting their involvement in demolishing or arson of churches constructed without official permits, to 1.3 percent who committed “intimidation” against those they considered had blasphemed Islam. The survey spanned 1,200 Muslims in 30 of the country’s 33 provinces. “The percentage looks very small but it is very high in its real figure when you note that 85 percent, or 200 million, of the country’s 230 million population are Muslims,” PPIM researcher Jajat Burhanudin said Thursday during the release of the results. However, other scholars said violence was traditionally widespread in local cultures, and it was unfair to blame Islam for its prevalence.

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