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| Muslim support for suicide attacks, Osama down |
| 2008-09-20 |
| The number of Muslims globally supporting suicide attacks and Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has fallen sharply in the past six years, a survey by a US think-tank showed on Thursday. The Pew Research Centre however warned in its Global Attitudes Project that significant Muslim minorities in eight countries continue to endorse suicide bombings and support the Al Qaeda chief. In Lebanon, the number of Muslims who said suicide attacks can be justified often or sometimes in defence of Islam fell from 74 percent to 32 percent between 2002 and 2008, the study showed. Suicide bombings: In Pakistan, support for suicide bombings has fallen by 28 percent to five percent in the past six years. In Jordan, support has dropped 18 percent since 2002, but a quarter of Jordanian Muslims still support suicide attacks. Even though numbers have fallen by 15 percent in six years in Indonesia, around 10 percent continue to support suicide attacks. Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, where around half the population is Muslim, also saw a 15 percent decline in support, but that left nearly one-third still supporting suicide bombings. Turkey and Tanzania saw declines in support for suicide bombings by 10 and six percent, respectively. Support in Turkey was the lowest of any of the countries surveyed, with only three percent telling Pew pollsters in March and April that they back suicide bombings. Large numbers of Muslims in the eight countries also said they had lost confidence in Bin Laden in terms of world affairs, although support for the Al Qaeda leader remained high in some countries. In Nigeria, support for Bin Laden is at 60 percent, the same as it was five years ago. Support for Bin Laden fell from nearly six in 10 Indonesian Muslims, and from nearly half in Pakistan in 2003 to one-third today. The most dramatic drop in support for Bin Laden was seen in Jordan, where around 19 percent of Muslims expressed confidence in him this year, down from 60 percent just three years ago. More than 24,000 people in 24 countries were surveyed this year for the project, including just under 8,000 in the eight countries asked for their views on suicide bombings and Bin Laden. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Wonder if its confusion over names; there is that other guy in the news lately that has a similiar name and it appears increasing numbers of folks are not liking him, either........ |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-09-20 19:46 |
| #2 New colors and fabrics this fall Barb, so watch out! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-20 04:28 |
| #1 Not as trendy as it once was? Not as much fun as they thought it would be? After all, Osama is so 2001.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-20 01:08 |