Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia, apparently share with their murderous, jihad terror waging co-religionists from al-Qaeda the goal (if not necessarily supporting the gruesome means) of re-establishing an Islamic Caliphate. Polling data just released (April 24, 2007) in a rigorously conducted face-to-face survey of 4384 Muslims conducted between December 9, 2006 and February 15, 2007-1000 Moroccans, 1000 Egyptians, 1243 Pakistanis, and 1141 Indonesians-reveal that 65.2% of those interviewed-almost 2/3, hardly a "fringe minority"-desired this outcome (i.e., "To unify all Islamic countries into a single Islamic state or Caliphate")[.]
Why is this a problem? Call it the Moslem Union and how different is this mood from whatever percent of Europeans want a united Europe? Yes, some European countries are more enthusiastic than others, but even if a majority does not want an EU, some sizable percentage wants it and perhaps another sizable portion doesn't care one way or the other very much.
So sure, a small number of Moslems who are jihadis want to disregard anybody else to get their version of a caliphate. That's bad. But again, what about Europe where elites want the EU despite popular opinion?
I only care if those Moslems want the jihadi version of the caliphate. I care if those polled think that bombing us to get that caliphate is the right thing to do. And I care if those Moslems think that the purpose of the caliphate is to attack the West.
Honestly, I worry more about a Brussels CalEUphate than I worry about a Moslem caliphate.
