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Details From Muslims' Attitudes Poll
Attitudes about Muslims and Islam, based on a Pew Research Center global survey: About three-fourths of the people living in the United States and European countries like Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Russia say they are concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism around the world. An overwhelming majority of people living in European countries like Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Russia say they think Muslims coming into their country want to be distinct from the larger society rather than adopting their new country's customs. A majority of people in European countries polled said they felt there is a growing sense of Islamic identity among Muslims in their countries, and most said that was bad for their countries. Muslim women were more likely to view the United States positively than Muslim men. People in the United States, European countries and India were most likely to name Islam as the most violent religion when asked to choose between Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism. People in the Middle East were most likely to say Judaism was the most violent of those four religions. Views of Christians in the Muslim world are more negative than views of Muslims in the Christian world. Muslims' views of Jews are overwhelmingly negative in the majority-Muslim countries polled. The polls were taken in various countries from late April to the end of May, with samples of about 1,000 in most countries and slightly fewer than 1,000 in the European countries. The margin of sampling error ranged from 2 percentage points to 4 percentage points, depending on the sample size. Posted by: Steve 2005-07-14 |
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