Trolltoll answered the surface question about the number of Muslims.
I was responding to the part about the “if a tiny percentage of Muslims are radical then the world is in grave danger” and the discussion which followed in this Social question.
The question has a number of problematic assumptions, including framing Muslims vs. “the world”, and assuming all “radical” Muslims are dangerous, and as others pointed out, that radical Christians are not dangerous. The implied situation is that “the world” is simply threatened by “radical Muslims”, and the number of those is the problem. I think that’s the kind of thinking that’s creating the problem that leads to the “terrorist” attacks, and to the even more destructive military actions and further intervention.
It seems to me that the most dangerous problems with the world are not specific people, but specific ways and patterns of thinking, and certain stories and world views that lead to destructive and dangerous patterns of behavior and industrial, agricultural, and military activity. And those involve Christians as much or moreso than they involve Muslims. In some cases, problematic pseudo-Christian thinking is involved with some nasty patterns of thought and behavior.
I think pointing out the damage done from a “Christian” context and a “Western” and “non-Muslim” context is useful just for the sake of trying to break out of the monolog that there is some kind of comic-book-like conflict which should be the focus of our attention. Trying to fight bad guys is never going to solve the cause of the problem.
What I think is needed is to understand the thinking and perspectives going on, and unraveling them so that the patterns can change.