This editorial analyzes the phenomenon of violent extremism and its identification
and association with Islam by analysts and critics. In my 29:1 editorial
“The Stigma of Extremism on Muslims,” I suggested that the violent elements
in Islam are no more than “a fraction of the 7 percent of global Muslim population
considered to be ‘politically radicalized,’ including [non-violent] sympathizers”
2 and “an inescapable nuisance and … regrettable stigma [to] the
larger Muslim majority.”
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences