The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists, by Charles Kurzman, Oxford University Press, 2011.
This examination by Kurzman asks a startling question: Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? Using government sources, public opinion surveys, and in-depth interviews, Kurzman demonstrates that while the threat of so-called “Islamist” terrorism is real, the actual dimensions are not as widespread as supposed.
Two facts from the book description are striking: “Out of 140,000 murders in the United States since 9/11, Islamist terrorists have killed at most three dozen people. Of the 150,000 people who die each day, worldwide, Islamist militants account for fewer than fifty fatalities–and only ten per day outside of the hotspots of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan.”