Posted on 05/23/2007 3:35:24 AM PDT by 13Sisters76
Young U.S. Muslims Back Suicide Attacks By Jennifer Harper The Washington Times | May 23, 2007
The first nationwide survey of Muslim Americans revealed that more than a quarter of those younger than 30 say suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified, a fact that drowned out the poll's kinder, gentler findings suggesting that the community is mainstream and middle class.
"There are trouble spots," noted Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, which conducted the survey of 1,050 adult Muslim Americans -- two-thirds of whom were foreign-born -- January to April. The results were released yesterday.
"We should be disturbed that 26 percent of these young people support an ideology in which the ends justify the means," said Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, chairman of the Arizona-based American Islamic Forum for Democracy.
"But the survey also found that only 40 percent of the overall American Muslim population would even admit that Arabs were behind 9/11. They're in denial, refusing to take moral responsibility, and the radicals will feed on this," Dr. Jasser said.
Farid Senzai of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding said he had "concern" about evidence of youthful radicalism.
The revelation that some young American Muslims condone violent bombings led coverage from CBS News, the Associated Press, Reuters, the Detroit Free Press, the Los Angeles Times and other news organizations.
"I'm not surprised that the press picked up on the bad news, because that's what sells. I'd like to see another ethnic group get asked the same question," said Laila Al-Qatami of the District-based American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
"What's also missing were responses about what it means among Muslims to be an American, or their opinions about education, health care and domestic issues. Failure to include this stuff lends an impression that American Muslims are different," she added.
The survey, which estimates the U.S. Muslim population to be 2.3 million, emphasized the more positive findings, billing the group as "middle class and mostly mainstream," socially assimilated and happy.
"Clearly, this public comes across as much more moderate than much of the Muslim public in most of the world. They are decidedly American in outlook," Mr. Kohut said.
Indeed, seven out of 10 of the respondents rated their communities as good or excellent and said they would get ahead through the "American work ethic," a greater percentage than found in the general public. Seventy-three percent have never been discriminated against as a Muslim on these shores, and 78 percent said they were either "pretty happy" or "very happy" with their lives.
Practicing their religion was a positive as well: 74 percent said they were satisfied with the quality of mosques in their neighborhood. Most identify themselves as Democrats (63 percent) and seven out of 10 voted for Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, in the 2004 presidential race. Sixty-one percent say homosexuality should be discouraged.
Yet many are troubled by politics or policy: 69 percent disapprove of President Bush, 75 percent disapprove of the Iraq war and 48 percent disapprove of the war in Afghanistan. Only 26 percent say the war on terrorism is a "sincere effort," compared with 67 percent of the general public.
Where are their hearts? It depends on the age group. Sixty percent of the younger-than-30 demographic said they were "Muslim" first, and a quarter were Americans first. Among the total population, 47 percent consider themselves Muslims first and 28 percent are Americans first.
Social factors also come into play. The survey found that 54 percent are dissatisfied with the general state of the nation, 53 percent say life has gotten more difficult for Muslim Americans since September 11, 2001. More than half believe that their population has been singled out by the U.S. government for surveillance.
Among respondents who were converts, 91 percent were U.S. citizens. Of the total number of converts, 59 percent were black, 55 percent followed Sunni traditions and 67 percent had converted from a Protestant denomination.
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They need to be rooted out and sent back the hell, where they came from.
What do young AMERICANS say?
Ping for later reading.
The truth is the older they get the more patient they become and they keep their collective mouths shut.
These kids are learning to hate somewhere and its from the older ( more assimilated ) generation.
What do young AMERICANS say:
get the PC’d FBI, DOJ and all other Federal, State and Local LE’s on the job...NO Amnesty, No more Immigration from the 20+ countries that are Terrorist Enablers, No more Mosques, ETC, ETC!
SECURE THE BORDERS!
This American says “deport or else.”
INTERNMENT CAMPS
LLS
Ditto
I wonder how much airtime on the MSM this will get compared to if they found that 1 in 4 young Christians approved of suicide bombing of abortion clinics.
And, we want to cater to the ROP because . . . . . ?????
Ask young non Muslims the same question and you’d probably get an equally surprising answer. Young people love to shock polsters.
Yeah, vote Dem everybody - they’ll know how to deal with this! /extreme sarcasm/
“Yeah, vote Dem everybody - they’ll know how to deal with this! /extreme sarcasm/”
Hah! Not with a loaded gun to my head (funny, kinda like the way they vote in Iran...)
Lock down the borders and build the fence.
Increase, by two thirds, the number of border guards and arm them and train them like the military- build internment camps.
Close one of the biggest military bases in CA (pref. in Pelosi’s district) and move it to the Texas border and inform Mexico that the next time our guys are fired on, it will be considered an act of war.
Make it a federal crime, punishable by jail time and VERY large fines to hire or rent to illegals.
Allow police to hold those illegals they happen across and FORCE the lazy worthless “agents” of the INS to do their damn jobs. Any illegal alien convicted of crime should serve the maximum sentence and be deported as soon as he/she is released.
All aliens (legal) should be deported if not employed- it was good enough for our grand- and great grand parents.
No public schools for the kids of illegals. NO welfare. NO food cards. Only emergency medical treatment and make it a crime for medical personnel NOT to report them.
All city managers, city commissioners and mayors should be guilty of federal crime for maintaining a ridiculous “sanctuary city”. All churches claiming to be a “santuary” should be raided and all illegal aliens removed, the ministers charged.
“Anchor children” can still be considered citizens, but must return with their parents and can re-enter the US when they come of age. Those parents and those married to US citizens can be given consideration when applying for a visa.
ALL MONEY WIRED OUT OF THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE TAXED AT, AT LEAST, 40%.
There isn’t much here that isn’t ALREADY law- just not enforced. We don’t have to worry, as McCain does, that we have to deport “12 million people” in a day. If enough of this was enforced, the illegals would go home on their own.
Have you seen THIS THREAD??
Posted HERE before / during this news came out?
Probly to try to save face when the REAL News came out!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838379/posts
Remember those GAS STATION owners/ and workers and others
Jumping up and down when the Towers were hit and fell?
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