Yes and no.
I'll break this into two categories: refugees and terrorism.
Terroism: First off, there really is something to be said about islamic terrorism. According to data compiled from 'List of Terrorist Incidents' on wikipedia, both 2015 and 2016, there seems to be a clear pattern in the perpetrators of terrorism.
In 2015, 69% of terrorist attacks globally were cited as islamic perpetrators. In 2016, it was 81%. Despite only making up 23% percentage of the global population, islam was responsible for 69% & 81% of global terror in the past two years alone. Additionally, lets take a look at the top 10 terror attacks for each of those years: 2015 & 2016. (I would go back through the previous 10 years, but wikipedia didn't easily sort the data like 2015 and 2016, so if there really is debate about which group was responsible for the most attacks in the previous years, then I'll go back through.)
Granted, this data does take into account lots of violence in seemingly third world countries around the globe torn apart by conflict where groups like ISIL, Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab are the controlling groups in those respective regions. However, that is irrelevant when taking into account the raw sum of all terror for the those years as islam is, by a huge margin, the objective leader in global terror.
Now if we shift to just western society, the trend is even more stark. Since 9/11, if we look at significant terrorist incidents perpetrated in western countries, islam is, again, the leader in terrorist activity.
Date | Name | Location | Dead(injured) | Group |
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2002 | The Beltway Snipers | New England | 17(10) | Two lone jihadists |
2004 | Madrid Bombings | Spain | 192(2,050) | Al-Qaeda |
2005 | London Bombings | England | 56(784) | Al-Qaeda |
2009 | Ft. Hood Shooting | Texas | 13(32) | Lone Jihadist |
2011 | Norway Attacks | Norway | 77(319) | Brevik |
2012 | Toulouse Attacks | France | 8(5) | Lone Jihadist |
2013 | Boston Marathon Bombing | Bahhstan, dood | 5(280) | Tsarnaev brothers (citing unfair treatment of muslims) |
2014 | Canadian Parliment Shooting | Canada | 2(3) | Jihad |
2014 | Jewish Museum of Brussels | Belgium | 4 | ISIS |
2015 | Charleston Shooting | SC | 9(1) | Dylan Roof |
2015 | Ile-de-France Attacks | Paris (four locations) | 20(22) | ISIS |
2015 | November Paris Attacks | Paris (various) | 137(368) | ISIS |
2015 | Chatanooga Shooting | Tenessese | 5(1) | Lone Jihadist |
2015 | Planned Parenthood shooting | CO | 3(9) | Robert Dear |
2015 | San Bernadino Attack | CA | 14(24) | Jihadist |
2016 | Brussels Bombings | Belgium | 35(340) | ISIS |
2016 | Nice Attack | France | 87(434) | ISIS |
2016 | Berlin Christmas Attack | Germany | 12(56) | ISIS |
2016 | Pulse Nightclub Shooting | Orlando | 49(53) | Lone Jihadist |
2016 | Ataturk Attack | Turkey | 39(241) | ISIS |
2017 | Paris Airport | Orly | 0(4) | Jihadist |
2017 | Westminster Attack | England | 5(49) | Believed to be islamic in nature |
2017 | Paris Shooting | Paris | 1(3) | ISIS |
2017 | St. Petersburg Metro Bombing | Russia | 15(64) | ISIS |
As clearly evident by the raw numbers, the overwhelming majority of terrorist incidents are carried out in the name of islam.