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Yes it absolutely is tiny.  A quarter of the world's population, 1.6 billion people,  is Muslim.  ISIS is 25 thousand troops, max.  Al Qaeda is at most 1,000 core members and maybe 10,000 counting affiliates.

All that adds up to a few hundredths of one percent of the Muslim population.

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You are comparing apples and oranges.   You comparing the number of ISIS soldiers -- mainly males between 15 and 40 who are willing to give up everything to fight for the ISIS cause -- with the entire Muslim population.     It is more relevant to compare the number of ISIS soldiers with the total number of Muslim soldiers.     Or you could compare the total number of ISIS supporters and believers with the general Muslim population, but this is something very hard to determine since it is dangerous in most (Arab and non-Arab) countries to admit you support ISIS.

But even your 25,000 troops max number is ridiculously low.       There are an estimated 20,000 foreign fighters in ISIS ( http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-continues-steady-recruitment-20000-foreign-fighters-join-extremist-groups-syria-1812440 ).   The headlines today are about their continued military successes (   http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/isis-gains-control-of-major-iraqi-city/2015/05/15/68a8036c-fb0c-11e4-a47c-e56f4db884ed_story.html?hpid=z5 ).    Do you really think they could be doing this with 5000 non-foreign troops, and no support among the populace?[/quote]

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