Reddit reviews Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge and Change

Here are the problems with your comment:

First, look at this chart of Islamic populations by country (which is now slightly dated, from 2010). You will see that the top countries of that studies chart don't even combine to represent 1% of the Muslim population!

Second, discounting those countries and contrary to what the essay asserts, having 20+ percent of a counties Muslims say they either support or don't know if they support ISIS is not "overwhelmingly" comforting numbers, as the study portrays them as.

Finally, I reject your assumption that a lack of Muslim support for ISIS evidences a lack of support for jihadism (and other awful, religious inspired practices). The following is from the textbook "Experiencing the Worlds Religions, 4th ed": "Most modern industrial countries expect laws to reflect a kind of civilized minimum, something that all citizens, of any background or belief, can be expected to accept and obey in their public life...Traditional Islam is theocratic, seeking the 'rule of God' in all aspects of everyday life, for in its view there is only one God and one correct religion...There cannot be different sets of laws for different human beings... Muhammed himself... demanded that people who followed tribal folk religion convert to Islam... he allowed Jews and Christians to continue their own laws and practices although they were charged a special tax for this right" (476). (Keep in mind that the first pillar of Islam is that "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammed is his messenger.")

Furthermore, "jihad in arabic means 'strive' or 'struggle.' Two types of jihad are called for in Islam. The first is individual...The second is public; it is the attempt to establish in all of society the Islamic ideals of truth, justice, and morality. When the word 'jihad' is used, the second meaning is the more common... Jihad, because of its importance, has sometimes been called the sixth pillar of Islam... [While] disagreement particularly exists around the use of force[,] Muhammad was a fighter... He endorsed the use of force when he thought it necessary" (494).

I could keep going, conjoining this theocratic picture with nasty passages from the Quran and hadiths. The point is, though, that this is what I mean by "jihadism." And while there surely exist many moderate Muslims, there nevertheless exists a problematic, violently theocratic element within the core tradition of Islam. And when people like yourself try to cover this up or engage in appologetics, though your intentions may be good (viz. to fight bigotry), legitimate concerns and progress on working towards a solution get obfuscated.