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| Pew Research: U.S. Muslims Worried by Trump, Concerned About Place in Society |
| 2017-08-03 |
| [US News] The majority of America's Muslims say they are worried by U.S. President Donald Trump and harbor a great concern about their place in U.S. society. Still, new data suggests most are holding on to their belief in the American dream. The latest survey of Muslims in America from the Pew Research Center finds 68 percent of U.S. Muslims say Trump makes them feel worried, compared to 60 percent of the general public that said it feels the same. Just more than a quarter of the those surveyed said the president makes them hopeful, and even less say Trump makes them happy. About 3 in 4 Muslims told surveyors that Trump is unfriendly toward the religious group ‐ a noticeable shift from 2011, when only 27 percent of Muslims in the U.S. said former President Barack Obama was unfriendly toward them. The worry fits into a wider sense of uncertainty among members of the religious group, two-thirds of whom said they perceive "a lot of discrimination" against Muslims in America. Half of America's Muslims said being Muslim in the U.S. has gotten more difficult in recent years, a number that has remained fairly constant over the past 10 years, according to Pew. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Spot, no, they were fine in a country run by a co-religionist. It was only when Trump stole the election from Hillary that they started to worry. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2017-08-03 15:02 |
| #11 more difficult in recent years So they're admitting it's Obama's fault... |
| Posted by: Spot 2017-08-03 14:53 |
| #10 You more should worry about your place in hell, because you are not going to the Mansion. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-03 12:50 |
| #9 You are filthy Blasphemers, your Doctrine is false, and I do not care about your feelings. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-03 12:49 |
| #8 Should ask them what they think their place in society should be. Then we might discover they think their place is society is to rule over the rest of us. So if they're worried about that it's a good thing. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-08-03 11:36 |
| #7 Place in Society Outside civilised lands. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-08-03 11:00 |
| #6 The purpose of polls is to publish a conclusion already determined. Notice they never publish the questions nor where they asked them. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-08-03 10:38 |
| #5 I don't really care about their mythological fantasy world until it intrudes on my own. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-03 09:58 |
| #4 The majority of America's Muslims say they are worried by U.S. President Donald Trump and harbor a great concern about their place in U.S. society. We don't want to be overrun by Muslims in this country. We don't want to be dictated to. Those who are already here, shouldn't have to worry about their place in American society if they assimilate and obey our laws. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-03 08:50 |
| #3 Take this Newt! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-03 08:37 |
| #2 And THEY, simply don't BELONG here! |
| Posted by: Solomon Bourbon2853 2017-08-03 08:26 |
| #1 Having visited many, I would be equally as "concerned" about my "place" in Yemen, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, but perhaps I simply don't BELONG there. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-08-03 08:20 |