Posted on 09/18/2007 4:33:02 AM PDT by shrinkermd
People in America and many other Western nations have expressed strong disapproval of bin Laden and al-Qaeda since the Sept. 11 attacks. What's new is the dramatic decline in his standing in majority-Muslim countries. Polls in the two nations that have suffered some of the worst of al-Qaeda's violence -- Afghanistan and Iraq -- show that more than 90 percent of those populations have unfavorable views of al-Qaeda and of bin Laden himself.
Pollsters say that it is difficult to find 90 percent agreement that apple pie is American -- yet polling in Turkey two years ago found that 90 percent of citizens believe the al-Qaeda bombings in London, Istanbul, Madrid and Egypt were unjust and unfair; 86 percent thought that there was no excuse for condoning the Sept. 11 attacks; and 75 percent said bin Laden does not represent Muslims....
Support for terrorist tactics has fallen in seven of the eight predominantly Muslim countries polled as part of the Pew Global Attitudes Project since 2002; in most cases, those declines have been dramatic. Five years ago in Lebanon, 74 percent of the population thought suicide bombing could sometimes be justified. Today it's 34 percent.... [Other Muslim Countries as well]
Perhaps most significant, Muslim populations are increasingly rejecting bin Laden's attempts to pervert their faith. WorldPublicOpinion.org found in April that large majorities in Egypt (88 percent), Indonesia (65 percent) and Morocco (66 percent) agree: "Groups that use violence against civilians, such as Al Qaida, are violating the principles of Islam. Islam opposes the use of such violence."
These shifts in attitude are beginning to show up in actions. Sunni leaders in Iraq's Anbar province are working with coalition forces against al-Qaeda because, as one local leader said to journalists, all the terrorists bring is chaos
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Very pleasantly surprised at the percentages.
Blame Bush, we’re winning !
Only the RATS still believe we are losing!
Murtha: Post-Withdrawal Bloodbath Would Not Be Congress’ Fault
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200709/NAT20070918a.html
OBL’s approval rating is about the same as the Dem-controlled Congress’s.
They should have surveyed Congress ...I’m certain that bin Laden’s popularity is at an all time high with the Democrats.
Perhaps most significant, Muslim populations are increasingly rejecting bin Laden’s attempts to pervert their faith. WorldPublicOpinion.org found in April that large majorities in Egypt (88 percent), Indonesia (65 percent) and Morocco (66 percent) agree: “Groups that use violence against civilians, such as Al Qaida, are violating the principles of Islam. Islam opposes the use of such violence.”
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One thing about religions is that the adherent’s behaviour does not depend on what the book actually says but rather on what the majority of “believers” decide to “believe”. This is evidenced by the huge percentages of those who call themselves Christians but live by a code not in evidence in either the old or new testaments. Perhaps the majority of Muslims will refuse to believe that they are commanded to cut off the heads of non Muslims!!
Only the RATS still believe we are losing!
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I find it scary to see how many people in “conservative” South Carolina and I mean people who at first glance would appear to be rock-solid conservative Republicans are ready to abandon Iraq and don’t seem to think there is any danger in doing so. If the Rats win this election it will spell the end of the last hope for this country.
...and they will start eating pork, and stop honor killings, and we will all live happily ever after..... sigh.
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. “ — Winston Churchill
I think it is because the USA (this administration) has been resolute in their actions, honest and consistent in their foreign dealings, and the military has not only operated with force and diligence, but as a friend to the populace while fiercely overpowering their foes.
Sinking in the Polls (Osama bin Laden), except in Democrat circles and Moveon.Org parties!
Don’t let Harry Reid and the rest of the Rat Pack see this. Things aren’t going too well for them right now - this just might cause them to go completely insane.
Yeah, I suppose I was only engaging in wishful thinking, sometimes it just doesn’t seem possible that such huge numbers of people can believe such total garbage but then the history of the world is the history of mass insanity. If the human race were capable of acting collectively in its own best interests we would be living in a near paradise already.
Plausible deniability.
Good news, but Mohammedanism is still Mohammedanism, and will remain so for the forseeable future.
I have heard that also.
If I am wrong please correct me..
Perhaps that too is how they are getting prayer rooms and foot baths in public places as well? Thanks to the liberal dems>>>
Excellent!
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