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Monday, November 17, 2014

Jihad Is Fine? So Says 80 Percent of Holland’s Young Turkish Muslims

Jihad Is Fine? So Says 80 Percent of Holland’s Young Turkish Muslims
Written by Selwyn Duke

Is the Netherlands becoming a netherworld of Islamic extremism? If a new poll can be believed, this very well may be the case.

The research, conducted by the Motivaction group in Amsterdam, concerns the attitude of Dutch Turks between the ages of 18 and 34 about the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) and found that “80% saw nothing wrong in jihad, or holy war, against non-believers,” writes DutchNews.nl. The website also reports, “The survey found 90% of young Turks think those fighting against Syrian president Assad’s troops are ‘heroes’ and half thought it would be a good thing if Dutch Muslims went to join the fight.”

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