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How deep is Muslim support for al-Qaeda?

Posted by Michael Paulson July 24, 2008 11:21 PM

Not very, Kenneth Ballen of Terror Free Tomorrow, which polls in Muslim countries, argues in the new Washington Monthly. He writes:

"Don’t be too alarmed by the apparent high level of support for bin Laden in the Muslim world. Such support is soft, and can be made softer still with the right policies."
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Michael Paulson covers religion for The Boston Globe. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize in 2003, won the Mike Berger, Templeton and Supple awards in 2008, and is a four-time winner of the Wilbur Award.
E-mail mpaulson@globe.com.

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