In the US that word simply carries no weight. I strongly suspect that many Americans don’t know what it means (other than that it’s an expletive in the UK) and don’t consider it impolite.
It is, however, just the right word given what is being discussed. :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles was Catholic vs Protestant, including thousands of terrorist bombings.
If you want to divide by religion and assess capacity for terrorism by each, I am afraid none of the Abrahamic faiths are going to have a clean slate. :-(
You might have better luck with the Buddhsts or the Bahai.
In the US that word simply carries no weight. I strongly suspect that many Americans don’t know what it means (other than that it’s an expletive in the UK) and don’t consider it impolite.
It is, however, just the right word given what is being discussed. :-)