Cicero recently welcomed a new co-worker into his office, and shares what he thinks this particular Pakistani feels about his extremist brethren:

I asked him if he was Muslim. “Yes,� he said, “but really it doesn’t mean much. I eat pork and drink beer. I never go to the mosque.� He seemed anxious to let me know that he was just a normal guy.

“In the city, most the people I know are like me. We live good lives and try to stay away from politics. It’s totally different out in the country. People are backwards and conservative. They’re crazy.�

So, is this the majority perspective in the Muslim world or just wishful thinking?