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| Fewer Americans see Islam as violent: US poll |
| 2009-09-11 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The percentage of Americans who believe Islam encourages violence has declined in recent years but remains far above where it was in 2002, while very basic knowledge about the faith has shown modest increases, according to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The poll's findings, released ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, come against the backdrop of President Barack Obama's attempts to reach out to the Islamic world and eroding public support for the war in Muslim Afghanistan as U.S. combat deaths there rise to record levels. Most Americans also believe Muslims are discriminated against, a finding that suggests empathy for a community whose leaders often say they are regarded with suspicion and hostility. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 To be fair, the Bible has its share of violent 'mandates', too. Most followers of the Bible no longer believe in their implementation as these ;rules' most likely had their origins in pre-biblical paganistic nomadic religions. Many of our 'moon cult' brethren haven't moved past that fact, however. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-09-11 18:12 |
| #11 Maybe if the MSM had the stones to publish pictures of people jumping from the Twin Towers, the number of Americans who see Islam as violent would go up. I do not have Islamophobia. A phobia is an irrational fear or dread. I fear and dread Islam for very rational reasons. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-09-11 17:48 |
| #10 The number of Muslims in America is a somewhat questionable number as older ways of computing, that is the census, didn't ask questions on religion, just ethnicity. So Arabs were counted as Muslims and the US has a large number of Christian Arabs who fled the Muslim world. So add to that 1/4 Shiite that the some of the remaining ones may not even be Muslims at all. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-09-11 11:51 |
| #9 Slate makes an interesting point today. Of the foreign born muslim community in the US, about 1/4 are Shiite, in striking contrast to west europe where they are almost all Sunni. Those Shiites want nothing to do with AQ. ANd to the extent they are post-1979 refugees from Iran, they mainly want nothing to do with violent Islamism. |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-09-11 11:15 |
| #8 I wonder what proportion of American Muslims are currently FBI informants. I wonder to what extent the failure of the Salafi-Jihadis to pull off anything in the US in the last 8 years, while they managed several attacks or near attacks in the UK, was due to the difference in the level of assimilation of our respective muslim communities. |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-09-11 11:13 |
| #7 This site won't let me post a link, so Google "164 Jihad Verses in the Koran" for a rundown on how violent Islam really is. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-09-11 08:45 |
| #6 Surely they have never read the Koran,seen footage of the average religious leader at Saudi funded Mosques worldwide! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2009-09-11 07:05 |
| #5 Just a Note on Polls - Last night I received a call from a pollster - I agreed to participate - the pollster asked questions which leaned towards the Democratic party - Is Obama doing a good job ? Is Timothy Kaine doing a good job as Chairman of the Democratic Party ? What do you like about the Health Care Reform debate ? - (1.No 2.No 3.Nothing - I like my Health insurance the way it is) Is the Congress doing a good job ? No, I think the Congress is being lead by a group of unrealistic, out of touch -click- Democrats that .....buzzzz - the line went dead. I wonder were my responses to their questions not to their liking ? Polls can be fraudulant too. |
| Posted by: A. Sperry Gus9108 2009-09-11 06:53 |
| #4 whose leaders often say they are regarded with suspicion and hostility. Can't imagine why, but it is early. Maybe something will come to me by early afternoon. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-11 06:07 |
| #3 Al Arabiya's interpretation of a media poll? Color me skeptical. In spite of the media, people are losing their innocence. Even my dear ol' Mum has moved away from the nicey-nice Methodist view that 'Islam is a religion of peace'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-11 02:11 |
| #2 A society's Stockholm syndrome. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-09-11 01:32 |
| #1 Translation More Americns Braibwashed by MSM. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-09-11 00:24 |