This is encouraging "In Lebanon, Bangladesh, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia, the proportion of Muslims who support suicide bombing has declined by half or more since 2002. ... There is also declining support among Muslims for Osama Bin Laden. In Jordan, just 20% express a lot or some confidence in Bin Laden, down from 56% four years ago." I wonder whether it reflects a kind of life-cycle of ideological conflict: at first people applaud because they feel relieved that something seems to be happening in relation to an issue they feel strongly about; 'baddies' are getting their come-uppance. However, over time, reality sets in and the costs and inconsistencies come to the fore and it no longer seems as justifiable. I suspect that the bit I left out actually corroborates that hypothesis:
"But in areas of conflict, the results are different - 70% of Palestinians said that suicide bombings against civilians were sometimes justifiable." Why? because the critical distance provided by the relative disengagement is less easy to come by, understandably.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Few Muslims 'back suicide bombs':
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