Poll: Americans believe Islam no more prone to violence than other faiths
Non-partisan Pew Research Center poll finds, however, that overall view of Islam has worsened over the past five years.
By The Associated Press Tags: Islam USAmericans doubt that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence, but their overall view of the religion has worsened over the past five years, a poll revealed on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of Muslim worshippers praying in Paris on September 3, 2004. |
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In a survey that underlined the complex views people have about Muslims, 51 percent agreed that a Muslim center should not be built near the former site of New York's World Trade Center, compared to 34 percent who said it should be permitted.
Yet at the same time, a majority - 62 percent - said Muslims should have equal rights to build houses of worship. Just 25 percent said communities should be allowed to block the construction of mosques. The poll was conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center.
The poll found that by 42 percent to 35 percent, most think Islam does not incite violence more than other religions, about the same as said so last year.
But more people have unfavorable than favorable views of Islam by 38 percent to 30 percent. In 2005, it was reversed: 41 percent had favorable views, 36 percent unfavorable.
Republicans voiced negative views of Muslims by more than 2-1. Among Democrats, 41 percent had favorable opinions while 27 percent viewed them negatively. Views of Muslims were also unfavorable among independents, older people and those with less education.
The survey was conducted from Aug. 19-22 and involved landline and mobile phone interviews with 1,003 randomly chosen adults. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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As long as your country is ruled by a madman, I wouldn't talk.
six in 10 couldn't locate Iraq in map of ME, 75% couldn't locate Iran or Israel on a map of ME and 37% couldn't locate U.S (according to a survey conducted for National Geographic), this comes as no surprise.
...the last thing Bin Laden wants is an Islamic Center that preaches tolerance and peace with all faiths... So, oddly, our republican friends and tea-baggers, and even some democrats, are alligned with Bin Laden on this issue.
The Republicans and Teabaggers and neocons have almost the same philosophy. Bin Laden just uses Islam, the others use other religions, Christianity, Judaism, Dollarism.
a political movement with religious trappings? It makes all the difference in terms of protection under the First Amendment.
I suggest that people read about Islam and Muslims from neutral scholars of different faiths. There are many of them. Please don't form your opions based on what you hear from the far right and Fox news. Ignorance and hate are the enemies of man kind. Salam -Shalom- Peace - Pas to all.
The academic world is a world by itself , it is mostly a theoretical dream machine . Americans do not have an idea what Islam is all about , good or bad . They are just obsessed with a theoretical equality at all costs , as this poll clearly shows .
As an American citizen for many years I can't stop wondering how far sometimes we can not see the reality . Americans see everything in good light , and their deep believe in democratic values limits their ability to realize that there are some people in this world who do not share the same values , who do not desire the same freedom that we cherish so much , who are suicidally dogmatic .
Are non-Muslims in Muslim countries recruiting young Muslims to murder other Muslims for the sake of G-d?
Maybe they recruit for the almighty buck? Plenty of accusations terrorists recruit with the almighty buck...pretty much everything revolves around the almighty buck more so than G_d.
The poll figures are still rather favorable. Luckely for the US its islam population is only a very small percentage. In Europe, France f.e. already has about 10% muslims. Also Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands have large muslim populations. In all these countries muslim demands are on the rise: more and bigger mosques, own schools with seperated sexes and unscientific education (koran i.s.o. evolution, history without the holocaust, ), succesfull resistance to certain cultural expressions (exhibitions with nudity, "offensive" experimental theater, representation of the prophet, freeedom of speech in general,..). I sometimes fear a creeping introduction of sharia. The thing is: is Islam a religion of nice godfearing people or is it an ideology that fights , everything my civilisation stands for.
What the poll states is that there is backlash after 9/11. Placards at 9/11 say to be afraid of the islamization of america; that is a very unreal fear; that is backlash. I think Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Koch are wonderful people and great mayors for NY. You can read Mayor Koch's blog in JPost for a wonderful essay on the community center controversy. I even knew people who were not muslim that were harassed due to ignorance of people; i.e. an Iranian Jew and an Iranian Farsi; even a dark complexioned person was beat up. War demonizes the enemy. I feel sorry for my friends who are a victim of this prejudice; don't you????
Why is that?
The legitimate concerns about the location of the Park 51 Outreach Center have been overwhelmed by plenty of blatant racist and religiously bigoted claims - as evidenced by the black non-muslim massively abused just a couple of days ago... America's insular nature in terms of world affairs has meant it's quite rich territory for those with religious biases.
Amazed ? No more than that.Since the proof is the reverse,wonder how the Pew report decided to present this fallacious article.The US is being taken over by Islamists,Europe too, (including my country) and yet these deluded people decided Islam is no danger?How can they explain Iran's Islamic Republic 's sharia laws, Saudi Arabia/s both with their harsh treament for any small infraction to beheadings, stoning women to death.. You get the gist of what I am saying... And yet these summary by the Pew commission presented this outregeous document which belies the actual truth. I am lost for words. I have not read any esponses yet,no doubt there will be some who would not object to its findings.
Despite the level of '1930's-style' religious propaganda, and massive generalizations (as above) fortunately outright religious hatred is much less common than you would think, or hope.
in the last century alone, European Christians killed more than 80 million in just two wars. One Christian country committed a holocaust. Yet no body accuses Christianity of killing. The Old Testament, Judaism's religious scripture, contains a record of all the massacres ancient Israelits committed. Yet none accuses Jews of being advocate of murder. I think Hate for Islam has to do with history. Islam is also the main geopolitical rival. It competes with Christianity on the hearts and minds of men.
This article does not represent the truth. Yes Christians committed atrocities, as far as Judaism and its precepts are thiousands of years old, and it does not follow the ancient traditions and never have done. Quoting from the OT is not a fair assumption. Christianity has a very bloody history,but then since we are talking of the here and now..i.e the 21st century your argument makes it redundent. Where as,Islam still follows their traditions of converting by the sword, treating gentiles as non people and calls them pigs and monkeys and worse. I have read the Quran on several occasions by the writers who have editorialized it through the decades after the Prophet's demize. I will leave the gentile alone okay. Why do you muslims kill each other?why the are there such divisions in your interpretations of the Quran..i.e Shiites versus Sunnis.What is so sad hearing in the news the tragedy of Pakistan's deluge with thousands suffering,and yet I hear of the daily attacks by the terrorists.They are in dire straits and have to deal with additional killings of their people. Why is that? And where is the peaceful Islam? You tell me that Muslim
overshadowing most destructive Muslims. Some of the eruptions from the Israeli ant hill are disgustingly violent as well. Anyway, you cannot assume that all or even most Muslims are destructive or medieval just because some Muslim states and persons are unbelievably backwards. With the same logics, you cannot assume that an average Scandinavian is bloodthirsty just because America, and to some extent Britain, are stained with the blood of others. Neither can you accuse a common Tunisian Jew of being barbaric, just because many Jewish Israelis seem to be brought up in Spartan war camp.
Let's read that sentence again: "The poll found that by 42 percent to 35 percent, most think Islam does not incite violence more than other religions." So, 35% do think Islam incite violence more than other creeds. I would be interesting to ask the same question about Christianity, Budhism, Judaism, etc. And then compare the results. Hint? "More people have unfavorable than favorable views of Islam by 38 percent to 30 percent."
That says it all right there. Ignorance and intolerance go hand in hand.
That usually translates to more "progressive" indoctrination, which teaches a leftist faith-based ignorance. Progressives are "tolerant" of the most intolerant evil "culture". Tolerance of evil is evil.
but of course, both those countries have positive things to offer as well.
Half of the population of Muslim States are women, ask them what they think if they are allowed to talk to you..
In spite of all the orchestrated negative & hateful campains against Islam, about 1/4 million Americans embraced Islam since 9/11! Just google "Islam in America", "women who converted to Islam", or "scientists who converted to islam" and you'll see why right wing America is in a panic mode. Yes, Islam is THE FASTET GROWING religion in the world, and the new converts come from a wide spectrum of ethnic, religious, economic, academic, and age groups. Just listen to their testimonies why they embraced Islam and you'll see that these people made their decisions after taking a close look at Islam. The list of scientists is amazing and explains the panic that churches all over America are experiencing!
Dear commenter, first of all the numbers you're talking about should be checked and verified..therefore in this discussion their weight is 0. Anyhow, should someone have converted to islam that's why during these years the western press and media have pushed so strongly on the favour to islam for a mix of ignorance ( western world has completely forgotten the past 1400 years of violence come from islam over the free wolrd ), economic interests ( yes, sausi arabia pays very well the useful idiots) and a sense of guilt coming from the false perception that western bad guys have invaded the good muslim headcutters guys. Now the wind is changing cause the bad guys are remembering and they are rediscovering the islam is the based on violence and destruction of the " different"; violence is the mean for achiving the the core purpose which is conquer the world...arab colonialism..nothing more than this. American people unfortunately are not so quick to get to understand things in general but in the europe people has understood and that's why this will be the next battle field between freedom and islam and in AFRICA Christianity is spreading wider than in any other part of the world ( thanks Jesus ) . That's why islamists Al shebab are really in the panic fighting in somalia for application of sharia.
try this... go to u tube type, convert. only convert,dont type as convert to islam or convert to chritianity.convert may be water to ice or ice to water.but u amazed to see the result its mainly other faithes to to islam.know ask uer self !
It has been so please deny it not. Some deluded whites..in the main !women" for some unknown reason married muslim men and converted. What is frightening and forgotten is the FACT that in Islam the child born TAKES THE PRIMOGENITOR'S inheritance.The gentile woman who had married and needs a divorse the child goes to the father and not to the MOTHER. There has been many court proceedings without recourse to their law. The agreved wife had to go to enormous troubles to get her child back in the most dangerous way.In great secrecy getting arrested notwithstanding If converting to Islam means this type of function and some of you approve of it,then I feel sorry for you.
There is no need for females to convert to Islam in order to be married to Muslim.
Americans are mostly nice people to those they know. They love America and are very patriotic. BUT, there are WAY too many idiots that have never been outside their own neighborhoods or little towns. Even in big cities, they lack knowledge about others in culture, religion etc. This poll should have been conducted in universities that have mixed ethnic and cultured groups One more thing, many people go to church to participate in hating others. Thank you, and hallelujah
... reflects the precise reality. Islam is no more violent than any other human religion. And Americans are becoming increasingly intolerant and prejudiced. These are facts, which the poll illustrates perfectly.
Islam is the only religion which condones suicide bombers. No Islamic leader has ever stated that these bombers are acting against Islam. No other religion condones sending their people to kill people of other religions.
A huge number of Islamic leaders have said suicide bombings (and any attacks on civilians) are against Islam. You're illustrating the problem - people hate first, then instead of trying to learn, they make up "facts" that confirm their prejudices.
They say it and we genties are supposed to believe it.But since their actions prove the reverse what are people to interpret it? ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS NO? That is the problem and only deluded people would swallow the UNTRUTH. if there is hate,there must have been a reason for it,don't you think? Besides why has Islam, suddenly become so barbaric now in the 21st century? What is their purpose? if anyone can giv eme a cogent answer to this relatively new phenomenon I'd be much obliged.If one goes back only a few deades ago,there was no mention of Islam and its hateful proliferation throughout the world. Why are they doing it? Perhaps their plan is to conquer the entire world. Bear in mind Christianity has the largest population in the world. But they do not impose their beliefs to anyone. in the Catholic Church you cannot be converted unless you go tthrough rigorous learning. And after due process you may if you pass and then converssion takes place.Finally there is no denying that Islam has been the most divisive religion in the 21st century with grave consequences. If Christianity is blamed for passed misdemenours I agree totally.But then that was centuries ago,NOT ANY MORE. If any of you disputes my assumptions feel free to correct me. Thank you
America (50% or so) elected a clueless and unknown socialist as president. However, 50% or so didn't. America's gotten too soft and uncaring about the basics of what America is supposed to be about. However, the November elections will show, I am sure, that overall we've realized that we made a big mistake. We are realizing too, I believe, tha ISLAM is NOT a religion of peace at all. 9/11 and other events have proven this. We've gotten slow...but we're learning again. Hitler a Christian? That is crazy thinking. No true Christian could do what he did. I, and many other Christians I know, love Israel and the Jewish people.
a TRUE CHRISTIAN is a master of wholesale hatred of others who don't share his or her faith..... Your christian pro-life x-president has caused the death of several hundred thousand people in Iraq using fabricated evidence.
What a gem. Obama's a socialist? 9/11 represents all 1 billion of the world's Muslims? Godwin's law proven once again? And best of all, a No True Scotsman regarding the uncomfortable fact that Hitler was a Christian.
Yeah Americans.The result of the poll says that you are safe until the next terror attack.Lucky you....
please note that not all Muslims are Arabs. I live in Israel. We live in peace with Egypt, Jordan, and several other Arab nations. The twenty percent of Israelis (pre-1967) that practice Islam are not terrorists. They do not even live in an "Apartheid" society. Earl in Haifa
take any country in the world and death, intimidations, destructions, abuse, radicalism, fanatism, cruelty, suicides, homicides all of that are CLEAR trends of ISLAM.. Islam is associated with DEATH and people are not stupid....
You are confusing a fanatical few with the entire religious community. It is every bit as easy to do the same with Christianity. Do you know how many Muslims there are in the world? There are over 1.5 billion of them. If they were all homicidal terrorists I think we would have noticed...
More than 35, 000 americans die of gunshot wounds,including thousands shot dead by police. Tens of thousands commit suicide, Death by drunk and drive, drug related deaths, murder. Get your Data pal. All parts of the world have their problems. The only thing you have against muslims is hate. Christians have killed more muslims in the world than muslims killed Christians. Take some history lessons.
So why don't the Islamic leaders stand up against these "fanatical few"? The leaders condone these suicide bombers by their silence
the secret police of most American allies are active hunting al-qaida terrorists
I live in the US and I can tell you that the vast majority of Americans (non-muslim) here believe that Islam is way more violent than any other group of people on the planet. Why???? Because it is TRUE. I do not know who came up with this so called poll although it is utter non-sense. Take it from someone in the US.
Actually this poll is taken from Americans. Can't u read or you don't want to read?
I am sure that one person's view is going to be a much better reflection of the whole country than an organized poll...
In DC, NY, LA , Chicago, Boston and SF we don't think like you.
Why do you follow Christians example and continue to kill?
5,000 every year for the next fifty years which i doubt will happen plus war in afaganstan will double your old record and imagine if the U.S invaded iran no you christians are the top killers keep your record
on earth and history
To some extent, true, but of 27 conflicts all over the world in the last 50 years, all but ONE (Northern Ireland) involve Islam. One can't blame all the Muslims but the trend for fanaticism seems to be fairly obvious.
I suppose the FARC in columbia are muslims too? and the nigerians in oil rich south nigeria, half a dozen african countries too possibly, not to forget vietnam, falkland islands, . They must all be undercover muslims unleashed by a cartel of mullahs
Today we have another killer doing the same as Christians did in the past. Muslims. Say Darfur.
Don't confuse Christians and Catholics!
Neocons warmongers tried desperately to make "the clash of civilization" and "the war on terror" a war against Islam where Israel will appear no less than the savior of the civilization.If it is true that Americans rejected "the great explination"then America is now a mature nation,but the fact that Republican party leads in next elections says something total different.If Democrats will gain a majority Mr.Obama could impose peace by creating a true Palestinian country against Netaniahu (and his supporters in US) tricks and demagogy.
I believe Obama would be dead long before completion of this so called pipe/peace-dream. Also Obama and his policies are not really that different from Bush's just a little different approach.
LOL
Bush is loving Christian, started two full wars and supported wars in lebanon and Somalia. More than half a million civilians killed. Total destruction uncomparable in previous wars.
Stalin was a communist. Atheism is a central part of communism, you know the whole "opiate for the masses" deal. During his rule Stalin persecuted the Russian Orthodox Church extensively. However, Christians have committed much, much worse deeds than Muslims, but Stalin's aren't among them. I would cite the colonization of Africa/America and slavery instead.
Hitler was a Roman Catholic--not a Christian.
Read teh wikipedia entry of open some real encyclopedia.
@e l pratt: who cares, roman catholic, catholic, protestant, ortodox, same books, same jesus, same history, all are christians....catholic or not.
All the current wars and terror is brought on by the islam/muslium/jihad freaks I haven't seen any mass killing from the bible beaters of the world.
The War was caused by religious fundamentalists, and killed more than 100.000 People and leaving 1 Million people as refugees.
in iraq and afghanistan, palestine - i guess you can ignore this if you're a blinkered ideologue who can only ever go around blaming the victim. and don't even start on cambodia, vietnam, central america and so on.
Bush with his Jewish and Christian Zionist neoconservative buddies was a crusader who tried to destroy Islam by mass killing millions of Iraqis by first with harsh embargoes and then with wars.
No. He did everything he could to say that his war was not against Islam, but islamic terror. This is from the web site of the Istamic Center of Washington: "The mosque has been visited by many high profile dignitaries, including several presidents. The highest profile visit was by George W. Bush on September 17, 2001, only days after the September 11th attacks. On national television Bush quoted from the Koran and assured Americans that vast majority of Muslims are peaceful."
this article brings a tear to my eye
I believe that you are much more likely to be stoned or lose a hand or foot under Islam. I believe that your daughter is much more likely to be the victim of an honor killing under Islam. I believe that you are much more likely to lose your life if you convert from Islam to Christianity. I believe that if you are a cartoonist in Denmark , you are more likely to lose your life to Islamic retaliation. That poll is nothing but propaganda and pig droppings !
and you think muslims are crazy
How about the atomic bombs? Christians became good at killing vast numbers of people at once. And the murder rate is higher in the US than all of the Islamic countries.
Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death. If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death (I like this one especially, whoever came up with that one deserves some credit). If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, 24you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death--the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you. A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.
There's a difference - none of these have been operative for a thousand years or more, whereas Iran, Saudi Arabia and many other countries where Sharia is strictly applied are still doing all this.
While it may say that, if you keep reading you'll also find it saying that the death statement was never used, even if those were crimes and punishments were made with the spirits of the era. It continues to read that there are so many intentional burdens to carry out a death penalty that it's not workable, cause a single innocent person charged wrongly is worse than setting 1,000 criminals free.
That while you can say Christianity and Judaism moved from the dark ages, Islam remained the same, including their punishment laws of throwing stones. The dark era is much more prone to violence than the modern era.
Not this American. I believe what I see about the muslims. They are the most violent of all the world religions. There are only three types of muslims: 1) There are jihadists actively killing and fighting for the world domination by islam, 2) There are those who will become jihadists killing and fighting for the world domination by islam, 3) there are those who support the first two categories of bloodthirsty, murdering jihadists (and wannabees) who are fighting and killing to make islam the world dominant religion. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
I'm surprised how people are sometimes mirroring their own fears and feelings onto other people.
Europe is predominately Christian and how many 100s of millions did they kill in wars amongst themselves and against the rest of the world. All in the name of Christ. Or so they said. 100,000 in Iraq alone these past 8 years that's to Americas man Saddam.
has been for 50 years demonising the arabs and now even harder the muslims and islam...is it anywonder that fox news is a huge supporter of israel and a non-reporter of israeli crimes and demonises the muslims everyday...there are so many double standards in the US when it comes to israeli and the muslims it is riduculous...but then agian there are no muslims on the federal reserve or the US supreme court...what one in the whole congress....
for AIPAC warmongers and neo-con-artists ,...
This issue has been politicized by certain rightwingers, who are obviously planning to run for office. Ignorance is at the base of all the fear and uproar.
is as prevalent as violence in the name of islam..... yeah right, too much smoking weed
but christianity, judaism, even hinduism--yes, both in the past and present
It says Islam doesn't incite any more violence. Not that violence is not committed in the name of Islam. If a Christian (or whatever) called himself Jewish and went on a murderous rampage throughout the land leaving stars of David wherever he went would that make Judaism a "violent" religion?
i wonder if it has ever occurred to these anti-mosque idiots that building churches on any american land might offend the memories of those millions of natives killed by the "god gave us this land!"-believing spaniards, french, and british and therefore should not be built. oh, but it's different when the Brown People are the aggressors, not the victims, right?
It would be very interesting if the viewers know that $ 70 biilion of the News Corp, owner of FOX and New York Post come from a member of the Saudi Rooyal family, Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud. Fox an New York Post are the leading propaganda players that are leading the battle of Islam and Islamophobia in the US and around the world.
kind of old but first crusades was christians killing muslims
The poll shows just how confused Americans are right now. There are those who are rabidly anti-Muslim. Those determined to wage a Holy Crusade against Islam; and those who are not bigoted, yet are swayed by intense propaganda. I had a grandfather who was bigoted against Jews. He was also bigoted against Catholics. He was a farmer from upstate NY. My father was not bigoted against either, though he had deep dark doubts about religion. There is a Texas saying, "I don't care what the sheep do at night." Americans, aside from those on the extreme right, are not inclined to religious bigotry. But that observation could have been made 60 years ago when those who were bigots, were bigoted against Jews and Catholics just as mindlessly as their grandchildren are against Muslims, are today.
Islam is generally non-violence, but if there is violence, and West and especially the USA have brought it upon themselves through their skewed foreign policy and insane recognition and legitimization of Zionism. Regrettable though such violence may be, it is not unexpected.
is much older than Zionism. "The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter." (from the web site The Religion of Peace). A few places: Qur'an (8:12), Qur'an (8:39) ,Qur'an (9:5) ..
The movie industry, the media, etc,,,,, What a phenominally successful propaganda machine, for over a hundred years. Now that's anti-Semitism at its fullest. Congrats. Salaam/Shalom
Actually you could just read U.N. stats, who said there were estimated 1.6 billion muslims in 1996-1998.
The events of 911 and the 911 Mosque has become the biggest advertisement for the Muslim religion. Even though the campaign against Islam is strong and will remain strong in the foreseeable future, the debate and the curiosity amongst non Muslims is giving a strong foothold for Islam in the US and the West. As an example, I recently saw a video on YouTube where this typically dressed American teenager explain why Obama is not a Muslim. You can't tell if he was a Muslim or not but I believe this person is a Muslim because he was in fact teaching his viewers about the five pillars of Islam by negatively presenting Obama as a non believer of Islam. His idea was to teach the five pillars of Islam and to show what Muslims look like and how they worship God all over the world. I also know for a fact that when there is a negatively hyped event like this, most ordinary Muslims engage in propagating and calling non Muslims to the religion. Propagating the religion by a Muslim has the biggest reward with God.
Qur'an (2:191-193) - "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]...and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah."
I'm not surprised people have an unfavourable view of Islam. They haven't killed enough muslim Iraqis and Afghans. But guess what, we have an unfavourable view of the west. Just a few days ago Israeli army demolished two mosques in west bank. Way to go west.
Twenty five percent either don't know or don't believe that religious freedom is a constitutional right. Apparently there is a stunning lack in the educational system of the country. Ah well, it matches the percentage who don't know or don't think Hawaii was part of the United States in the 1960s.
Germans doubt that Judaism is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence, but their overall view of the religion has worsened over the past five years, a poll revealed on Tuesday. In a survey that underlined the complex views people have about Jews, 51 percent agreed that a Jewish center should not be built near the former site of the Reichtag, compared to 34 percent who said it should be permitted. Yet at the same time, a majority - 62 percent - said Jews should have equal rights to build houses of worship. Just 25 percent said communities should be allowed to block the construction of mosques. The poll was conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. The poll found that by 42 percent to 35 percent, most think Judaism does not incite violence more than other religions, about the same as said so last year. But more people have unfavorable than favorable views of Judaism by 38 percent to 30 percent. In 1940, it was reversed: 41 percent had favorable views, 36 percent unfavorable. Republicans voiced negative views of Jews by more than 2-1. Among Democrats, 41 percent had favorable opinions while 27 percent viewed them negatively. Views of Jews were also unfavorable among independents, older people and those with less education. The survey was conducted from Aug. 19-22 and involved landline and mobile phone interviews with 1,003 randomly chosen adults. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Supply the proof
Islam's holy books are the ultimate proof for it being everything else besides "the religion of peace".
Again Dave, WHERE is your proof? And do not take verses out of their context. A context serves a special purpose of explaining certain ideas and actions. Shalom/Salaam
than how does one account for the fact that almost in 100% of the time global terror is carried out by Islamists?.....polls don't always correctly reflect reality and very much depends on how the questions are asked
have been Jews, Christians, atheists? They can be excused because they're not organised into militias. Except the Israeli-supported Phalanges. And the Jewish extremist settlers. And Hindu extremists and all manner of other murderous groups. So these sorts of claims to not stand up to even the most shallow scrutiny. Blinkered and hateful racism at its finest.
Baruch are you feeling alright today? I can't believe I gave you a thumbs up.
that says it all. Thank you
Minority religions are tolerated up the point when they start to take away market share and political power from other dominant religions. It is the dominant religious institutions that often fuel the misinformation about minority religions.
They get the average Muslim confused with muslin, which -- due to its composition -- easily shows its dirt.
LOL Just shows you that improving ones education can directly reduce one's level of bigotry and improve one's ignorant political views! :)