[chiller]

Sorry to be so crass, but I do.

[exnavychick]

You know, I hate headlines like that. These pollsters only interview a select amount of people, and then they extrapolate the results onto the population at large. It annoys me when they such-and-such percent of Americans believe so-and-so, when really, they mean that that percentage of the people they interviewed believed that.

Sorry, off my soapbox now. FWIW, I think curtailing Muslims' civil rights is a VERY bad idea. What about the next group that offends people? Christians are a majority in this country, but hey...we offend people, and weren't McVeigh and Nichols Christian?

You see where I'm going with that.

[sgtbono2002]

Muslims have their civil rights as does anyone else. But we would be stupid not to profile them, we would be stupid to allow their organisations to send money to terrorists in the Middle east, we would be crazy to forget the fact that so many Muslims have already been caught aiding the enemy.
Didnt we profile Italians, Japanese, the German Bunds.

Civil rights are one thing defense is another.

[MineralMan]

Our Constitution prohibits such action. Moslem citizens enjoy the same rights every other citizen enjoys. In the USA, we treat all citizens alike. Only if a citizen breaks the law are constitutional liberties restricted, and that only after due process.

We change this at our peril.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

We are engaged in a bloody World War with muslims, we got to face up to the truth that radical muslims want to kill each and every one of us. No time for foolish self defeating political correctness on our part. We gotta do what needs to be done to defeat the enemy or else lose this conflict. President Bush are you listening? Take a lesson from the history of WWII and what was done for homeland security during that war..

[tet68]

Duplicate post.

[daybreakcoming]

I had seen that headline and went HUH??? I used to believe in polls like I did Santa as a child. The curtain has been lifted on the poll takers' smarmy little tactics.

Thanks for the in-depth report.

[Cobra64]

"Nearly half of all Americans surveyed said they think the US government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans..."

How 'bout curtailing their breathing. Since they like flying so much, especially on 9/11, just load 'em up into a few dozen C5s and fly 'em into buildings destined for demolition. Solve two issues at once.

[7.62 x 51mm]

"Islam is", Khataw preaches, "a peaceful religion that is focused on charity and goodwill toward others."

~ and ~

"Not to mention that Islam came to save humanity from ignorance and oppression. Islam is not a threat to any society. Islam calls for harmony and peaceful co-existence with other religions. It does not permit aggression, violence, injustice, or oppression. At the same time, it calls to morality, justice, tolerance, and peace."

Ummmm, no; no it's not. I won't go into *what it is*, as I'd probably get in trouble... aw, what the heck:

Islam, The Cult of Murder™.

Islam, The Cult of Terror™.

Islam, The Cult of Boy-Buggering™.

Islam, The Cult of Women-Chattelling™.

Islam, The Cult of Horror™.

Islam, The Cult of Rape™.

Islam, The Cult of Ritual Killing™.

Islam, The Cult of Beheading™.

Islam, The Cult of Deviants™.

Islam, The Cult of Hate™.

Islam, The Cult of Lies™.

Islam, The Cult of Female Mutilation™.

Islam, The Cult of Death™.

Islam, The Cult of Christian & Jew Killing™.

Islam, The Cult of Infidel Murder™.

Islam, The Cult of The Mentally-Ill™.

Islam, the Cult of Evil™.

Islam, the Cult of Poverty™.

Islam, the Cult of Illiteracy™.

Islam, the Religion of Peace™, and THEY'LL KILL YOU TO PROVE IT!

[Publius6961]

Sorry, reacting to the bait simply validates the figues.

Until the questions used to establish those percentages are made available, all these numbers are suspect.

Bottom line? The results do not seem to be from people who are even tangentially aware of world events (the only ones entitled to an opinion).
The figures are low by about 50%.

"Muslim-Americans"? What kind of an abortion is that?
I reject it completely and permanently.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

I say curtail the 'civil liberties' of ANYONE who dares to hyphenate their nation to second place.

African-American
Hispanic-American
Asian-American
Euro-American
et cetera-American
= UN-American

If you are truly an American, jump into the melting pot and MELT--show your allegiance to OUR Constitution and Flag--THEN your ethnic background differences will then greatly enrich and not divide this country. However, if you for political/financial gain insist on being a mugwump-American, I say NO civil rights for you....Jesse Jackson and your ilk--you have allegiance to some other country or entity first as demonstrated by what you call yourself....you can't take the Fifth Amendment on what you say every day....you're an Outlaw, not under the protection of our civilian laws....

[muslims=borg]

How about we start by deporting all Muslims that are not US citizens and see how things improve from there ? No student visas either.

[dagnabbit]

Next year, like last year and this year, the ClintonBushWhatever administration will give green cards to about 100,000 more foreign muslims.

The following list does not include those getting refugee or asylee status, or of course, illegal aliens, allowed to stay through non-enforcement of immigration laws.

Birth Country	Legal USA Immigrants 2002	Muslim population percentage	Estimated 2002 Muslim Legal Immigrants
Pakistan	9,415	97	9,133
Iran	7,230	99	7,158
India	50,228	14	7,032
Philippines	45,250	14	6,335
Nigeria	7,872	75	5,904
Ethiopia	6,635	65	4,313
Bangladesh	4,616	85	3,924
Egypt	3,348	94	3,147
Morocco	3,137	99	3,096
Turkey	3,029	100	3,023
Jordan	2,927	95	2,781
Albania	3,362	75	2,522
Russia	13,935	18	2,508
Somalia	2,444	100	2,444
Iraq	2,450	97	2,377
Lebanon	2,956	70	2,069
Syria	1,938	90	1,744
Indonesia	1,805	95	1,715
Sudan	1,883	85	1,601
Yemen	1,382	99	1,368
Ghana	4,410	30	1,323
Uzbekistan	1,445	88	1,272
Afghanistan	1,252	100	1,252
Guyana	6,809	15	1,021
Sierra Leone	1,492	65	970
Kenya	3,209	30	947
Algeria	759	99	751
Niger	808	91	735
Saudi Arabia	735	100	735
Romania	3,655	20	731
Azerbaijan	746	93	697
Togo	1,187	55	653
Kuwait	707	89	629
Malaysia	1,200	52	624
Serbia and Mont.	2,994	19	569
Bulgaria	3,825	14	536
Liberia	1,766	30	530
Cameroon	927	55	510
Senegal	522	95	496
Eritrea	556	80	445
Thailand	3,126	14	438
Israel	2,741	14	384
UAE	380	96	365
Tanzania	554	65	360
Tunisia	353	98	346
Cote d'Ivoire	483	60	290
Kyrgyzstan	356	76	271
United Kingdom	9,527	3	257
Macedonia	653	30	196
Germany	5,064	3	172
Canada	11,350	1	168
France	2,375	7	166
Uganda	455	36	164
Libya	140	100	140
Mauritania	131	100	131
Guinea-Bissau	176	70	123
Fiji	1,095	11	120
Burma	1,193	10	119
Tajikistan	137	85	116
Sri Lanka	1,246	9	112
Mali	124	90	112
Singapore	582	17	99
Nepal	2,095	4	84
Georgia	735	11	81
Oman	76	100	76
Turkmenistan	84	87	73
Qatar	72	100	72
Argentina	3,129	2	63
Japan	5,971	1	60
Bahrain	59	100	59
Zimbabwe	358	15	54
Panama	1,164	4	47
Suriname	180	25	45
South Africa	2,210	2	44
Zambia	280	15	42
Cyprus	123	33	41
Australia	1,836	2	38
Brazil	6,331	1	38
Hong Kong	3,574	1	36
Sweden	963	4	35
Burkina Faso	60	50	30
Netherlands	981	3	29
Guinea	29	95	28
Cambodia	2,263	1	23
Malawi	62	35	22
Italy	1,644	1	16
Djibouti	16	94	15
Maldives	15	100	15
Burundi	74	20	15
Angola	59	25	15
Croatia	1,153	1	14
Brunei	20	63	13
Benin	76	15	11
Mauritius	57	20	11
Mozambique	36	29	10
Greece	651	2	10
Madagascar	40	20	8
Chad	8	85	7
Mongolia	153	4	6
Malta	37	14	5
Norway	320	2	5
Cen. African Rep.	6	55	3
Comoros	3	86	3
Swaziland	23	10	2
Namibia	40	5	2
Aruba	27	5	1
Botswana	27	5	1
United States	32	4	1
Rwanda	109	1	1
Bhutan	15	5	1
Slovenia	64	1	1
Reunion	3	20	1
Lesotho	5	10	1
TOTAL			95,577