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| Poll: A quarter of younger Muslim Americans support suicide bombings in some circumstances |
| 2007-05-22 |
| The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found in a national survey that nearly 80% of Muslims in the USA say suicide bombings are never justified to "defend Islam," but nearly a quarter of those under 30 think such attacks are OK in some circumstances. "It is a hair-raising number," Radwa Masmoudi, head of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, tells the AP. The wire service, which describes the poll as one of the most exhaustive examinations of Muslim opinion in the United States, says: the data revealed a community that in many ways blends comfortably into society. Its largely mainstream members express nearly as much happiness with their lives and communities as the general public does, show a broad willingness to adopt American customs, and have income and education levels similar to others in the U.S. Even so, the survey revealed noteworthy pockets of discontent. A quarter of the respondents didn't express an opinion when asked whether they held a favorable or unfavorable view of al-Qaeda. (About 5% say they have a favorable view of the terrorist group.) "We have crazies just like other faiths have them," Eide Alawan, an employee of the Islamic Society of North America, one of the nation's largest mosques, tells the wire service. Alawan says killing innocents goes against the tenets of Islam. One of the key findings of the survey: Muslim Americans reject Islamic extremism by larger margins than do Muslim minorities in Western European countries. However, there is somewhat more acceptance of Islamic extremism in some segments of the U.S. Muslim public than others. Fewer native-born African American Muslims than others completely condemn al Qaeda. In addition, younger Muslims in the U.S. are much more likely than older Muslim Americans to say that suicide bombing in the defense of Islam can be at least sometimes justified. Nonetheless, absolute levels of support for Islamic extremism among Muslim Americans are quite low, especially when compared with Muslims around the world. |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #8 Go back to your OWN countries and fix those hellholes. Do not come over to this sovereign country and tell me how screwed up it is. I already know how screwed up it is. It is Soros screwed up. Fix your house, and I AM will open a new age for your families. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-05-22 23:35 |
| #7 This is the sort of shit that is going to get America's Muslim population rounded up and put into internment camps or just plain deported. More importantly, for those who think that America's "melting pot" effect will better assimilate these immigrants than they have in Europe, go back and examine how the second generation Muslims are becoming more radicalized. It is the exact same pattern of increasing jihadism. This is a recipe for disaster. All Muslim immigration needs to be halted immediately. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-22 14:54 |
| #6 "We have crazies just like other faiths have them," Eide Alawan, an employee of the Islamic Society of North America, one of the nation's largest mosques, tells the wire service. Yeah, but in the faith I grew up in, 'crazy' was defined as altering the lefse recipe... not, you know, cutting the heads off non-Lutherans. Alawan says killing innocents goes against the tenets of Islam. Could Alawan define 'innocent' as he or she uses it in this context, please? Are 'infidels' ever innocent? How about apostates? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-05-22 14:09 |
| #5 tu3031, I knew there was a document linked off this page. But, I didn't have a chance to link off the first story. I had to step away. I was counting that people would likely go to the original link and get the second document there which was more extensive. I will reference secondary links in the future. |
| Posted by: Delphi 2007-05-22 14:09 |
| #4 Following the pattern of Euro muslims. Second generation more radical than their immigrant fathers. Foreign born muslims: 65% Before 1980 - 11% 1980-1989 - 15% 1990-1999 - 21% 2000-2007 - 18% 2000-2009 - 25% (extrapolated) So even after Sept 11, 2001 atrocities and a war, even more muslims than ever before are allowed to immigrate. Well done our elected leaders. When you get bought by the Sauds, you stay bought. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-05-22 13:57 |
| #3 nearly 80% of Muslims in the USA say suicide bombings are never justified to "defend Islam," but nearly a quarter of those under 30 think such attacks are OK in some circumstances. 25% think suicide bombings are O.K. in some circumstances. What circumstances? This is alarming. These folks should be watched. We don't need this here. Suppose non-Muslims decided that it was OK to shoot up or blow up Muslim communities such as Detroit, etc.? What the hell would these jackasses think of such a poll? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-22 13:41 |
| #2 They've clearly been carefully taught. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-22 13:04 |
| #1 You left this finding out, which I thought was the most interesting... Only 40 percent said they believe Arab men carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-22 12:59 |