10-17-2006, 12:22 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>One in 10 Indonesia Muslims back violent jihad: poll </b>
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Around one in 10 Indonesian <b>Muslims support jihad and justify bomb attacks on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali as defending the faith</b>, a survey released on Sunday showed.
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, with 220 million people, 85 percent of whom follow Islam, giving the Asian archipelago the largest Muslim population of any nation in the world.
<b>"Jihad that has been understood partially and practiced with violence is justified by around one in 10 Indonesian Muslims,"</b> the Indonesian Survey Institute said in a statement.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Around one in 10 Indonesian <b>Muslims support jihad and justify bomb attacks on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali as defending the faith</b>, a survey released on Sunday showed.
Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, with 220 million people, 85 percent of whom follow Islam, giving the Asian archipelago the largest Muslim population of any nation in the world.
<b>"Jihad that has been understood partially and practiced with violence is justified by around one in 10 Indonesian Muslims,"</b> the Indonesian Survey Institute said in a statement.
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