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FACT CHECK · ISLAM, TERROR NUMBERS AND 'SHARIA CREEP': WHAT IS TRUE AND SOURCED

Claim: A terror '%' depends on years, definition, counter

TRUE

THE ANSWER

Different scopes: GTD has 200,000+ cases for 1970 to 2020; IEP counted 3,492 attacks in 2024 alone. Ask any percentage: of what, which years, counted by whom?

SOURCE

START GTD; IEP Global Terrorism Index 2025
start.umd.edu · visionofhumanity.org
Checked 2026-10-13

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