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| Survey Conducted At 2006 ISNA Convention |
| 2006-10-29 |
| Via Release the Hounds Muslims For A Safe America conducted a survey at the Islamic Society of North AmericaÂ’s 43rd Annual Convention in Chicago from September 1, 2006 to September 4, 2006. 307 Muslims who are American citizens participated in the survey at the Muslims For A Safe America booth at ISNA. ... 2. Do you consider yourself to be a Muslim first, an American first, or both equally? MUSLIM FIRST 214 AMERICAN FIRST 4 BOTH EQUALLY 86 UNDECIDED 3 3. Is the American government at war with the religion of Islam? YES 208 NO 79 UNDECIDED 20 4. Can a good Muslim be a good American? YES 292 NO 11 UNDECIDED 4 5. Did Muslims hijack planes and fly them into buildings on 9/11? YES 117 NO 139 UNDECIDED 51 6. Did the U.S. government have advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks, and allow the attacks to occur? YES 200 NO 70 UNDECIDED 37 7. Did the U.S. government organize the 9/11 attacks? YES 106 NO 151 UNDECIDED 50 8. Are the tapes of Osama Bin Laden, claiming responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and threatening future attacks, real or fake? REAL 126 FAKE 129 UNDECIDED 52 9. Did Muslims commit the July 2005 train and bus bombings in London? YES 140 NO 104 UNDECIDED 63 10. The Canadian government says it stopped a plot by Canadian Muslims in June 2006 to attack targets in Canada. Do you believe there was a real plot by Muslims? YES 61 NO 202 UNDECIDED 44 Rest at link Also Survey Conducted At 2006 Community Builders Convention |
| Posted by:ed |
| #15 Muslim First? I have no problem with that. But what KIND of Mulsim is whats important. Like Catholics, were they Cathoic then Irish then Sinn Fein or the other way around? A lot of the gunners and bombing assholes had thier order wrong, they tended to be communist/socialist and then "Irish" (which they bent way out of any recognizable honorable form), and then whatever leftover parts of Catholicism they could jam in there. Good prevailed int hat peopel eventually came to their sense and chose to be Catholic, then Irish, then all the other political crap. The Muslims are going to have to face that day, and soon - are they going to allow the murderers racists and thugs to continue to usurp thier religious leadership, or will they finallys tand up and say enough? (I doubt it, but stranger things have happened). As for me: personally, its God, Family, Country and Job. And in that order too. Luckily the former isn't at odds with any of the latter. And with family in service and the nature of my work, all the areas are pretty well harmonized. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-10-29 21:59 |
| #14 The poll results are not surprising to me, and to surprise everyone here, if in the 1850s, a poll of Irish immigrants (potato famine), had been conducted with questions concerning Catholicism and their loyalty to the US, their answers would be very similar. 1) Do you consider yourself a Catholic first or an American first? 2) Is the American government at war with the religion of Catholicism? 3) Can a good Catholic be a good American? Now, despite the belief that No Irish Need Apply was commonplace in the US, it was generally not the case; but ghetto-ization did keep the Irish from assimilating into the US as quickly as they could have. So up unto almost World War II, the Irish were "Irish first, Catholic second, and then American." This did not mean that they were anti-American. But in tightly-knit communities, with a distinct ethnic leadership and religious caste, affiliation for one's "own" people is much higher than for outsiders. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-29 18:25 |
| #13 Too bad they didn't have a suicide bomber display there. They could have done demo's. |
| Posted by: Hupineting Phase2669 2006-10-29 18:02 |
| #12 2. Do you consider yourself to be a Muslim first, an American first, or both equally? MUSLIM FIRST 214 AMERICAN FIRST 4 BOTH EQUALLY 86 UNDECIDED 3 How would most Christians would answer this? Would the majority of Christians give up on Christianity in the name of America? Certainly not the Christians I know. #2 is not the key, #4 is: 4. Can a good Muslim be a good American? YES 292 NO 11 UNDECIDED 4 |
| Posted by: Stzzo 2006-10-29 13:45 |
| #11 Does anyone know how well this group represents American Muslims? Is this group the American Muslim equivelent of Code Pink? If it is, then this survey is actually good news, since these results are less extreme than results found on the KOS KIDS, DU etc. Since this is not a scientific survey, I would view it as only the views of a certain segment of activists. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2006-10-29 13:36 |
| #10 Family, Country. Gawd don't need me. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-10-29 11:42 |
| #9 3. Is the American government at war with the religion of Islam? YES 208 NO 79 UNDECIDED 20 Well, to quots a favorite TV character: "Shiny. Let's be bad guys." |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-10-29 11:13 |
| #8 a disconnect that we all have noticed is documented here: 12. Is Al Qaeda a real organization, operated by Muslims who are trying to attack America? YES 149 NO 109 UNDECIDED 49 13. Is Al Qaeda attacking America because Al Qaeda hates American freedoms? YES 17 NO 269 UNDECIDED 21 14. Is Al Qaeda attacking America because Al Qaeda hates American involvement in the Muslim world? YES 228 NO 54 UNDECIDED 25 |
| Posted by: J.D. Lux 2006-10-29 11:07 |
| #7 Why isn't this printed in NY Slimes ? When can deportations begin ? |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-29 10:58 |
| #6 Well, at least this is encouraging: 16. Do you believe that your local mosque is being monitored by wiretaps, government agents, or informants? YES 227 NO 59 UNDECIDED 21 17. Do you believe that your personal phone calls are being listened to, or that your personal mail or email is being read, by the U.S. government? YES 205 NO 78 UNDECIDED 24 |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-10-29 10:58 |
| #5 If Islam was once a peace loving culture now it is no longer the case. The total derailment by the radical clearics is near complete. The answers about the government knowing and conspiring is no real news, just ask our friends on the far left. Question number two is surprising. 86 people is amazingly high. I would venture to guess the number would be in the single didget if the same question was asked at Mass or even in church at West Point. Any reasonable responce by a believer would be my god, my family, my country and in that order. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-10-29 10:50 |
| #4 The survey results don't suprise me much. Muzzy First™ - 214 told the truth, 93 lied. I wish to note 2 things: 1) It would have been interesting to follow-up #'s 5, 9, 10, 11 (and a host of others with fun variations) with something like: Did they ask for it? or Did they have it coming? 2) 43rd Annual Convention. Shoulda stopped at 38th. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-29 10:46 |
#3 It's really the combination of these two that poses the problem:2. Do you consider yourself to be a Muslim first, an American first, or both equally?If the vast majority of them consider themselves Muslims first and Americans only second, AND if they also consider America to be at war with Islam, then it follows that the vast majority of American Muslims consider themselves (for our purposes, anyway) at war with America. Frankly, I think we ought to treat them that way. "Moderate Muslims", my ass... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-10-29 10:38 |
| #2 denial won't absolve them of cultural culpability. Muslim first is all you need to know |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-29 09:47 |
| #1 They don't even admit that there is a problem. Probably those damned Jooooos making them look bad. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-29 09:20 |