22cutting off the hands of thieves, and so forth. I’m
not sure what to think about a society in which
15 percent of people vote for an Islamist party,
but 40 percent or even 60 percent want apostates
killed.^7 If nothing else, that would seem to nudge
the proportion of Islamists a little higher. I’ve
been saying that the number is probably around
20 percent worldwide—an estimate I consider fairly
conservative, whereas Muslim apologists consider
it an outrageous fi ction that testifi es to my bigotry
and paranoia.Nawaz I think it would be extremely helpful if people
focused on the ideas being discussed here, rather
than on calling you names— which is an easy way
to ignore your ideas. Besides, using Egypt as an ex-
ample, I just estimated the proportion of Islamists
worldwide as slightly below 25 percent (keeping
in mind that the Muslim Brotherhood reached
its peak at 25 percent in Egypt), so I don’t think
you’re that far off the mark. For me, any society in
- Muslim public opinion on the implementation of shari’ah
has been polled extensively. For instance, http:// www. pew
forum. org / 2013 / 04 / 30 / the - worlds - muslims - religion - politics
- society - beliefs - about - sharia/.
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