Support for terrorism: All the Muslim populations polled display a solid majority of support for Osama bin Laden. Asked whether they have confidence in him, Muslims replied positively, ranging between 8% (in Turkey) and 72% (in Nigeria). Likewise, suicide bombing is popular. Muslims who call it justified range from 13% (in Germany) to 69% (in Nigeria). These appalling numbers suggest that terrorism by Muslims has deep roots and will remain a danger for years to come.Other areas covered by the suvey include anti-Jewish attitudes and conspiracism. This is an important article.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Daniel Pipes: "Dismaying" survey of Muslims
"Dismaying" is correct. Pipes reports on a survey of Muslim attitudes by "the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press," covering "two batches of countries: six of them with long-standing, majority-Muslim populations (Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey) and four of them in Western Europe with new, minority Muslim populations (France, Germany, Britain, and Spain)." A sample of the results:
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