Posted on 01/22/2010 5:29:15 AM PST by La Lydia
All victimization of innocent people is reprehensible. This survey is speaking, rather, about "dislike" of various religions. One may suspect that the widespread "dislike" of Islam comes not from ignorance of it, but from the increasingly common phenomenon of its most devout adherents murdering members of other faiths and justifying those murders by reference to Islamic texts and teachings. See Fort Hood jihadist Nidal Hasan's Power Point presentation for a key example of this.
But of course in this AP article it is all ascribed to "Islamophobia" that will be cured with education about Islam.
"More Bias In US Against Muslims Than Other Faiths: But Nearly Two-Thirds Say They Have Little, No Knowledge Of Islam," by Rachel Zoll for AP:
NEW YORK -- Americans are more than twice as likely to express prejudice against Muslims than they are against Christians, Jews or Buddhists, a new survey found. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have little or no knowledge of Islam. Still, a majority dislike the faith. The analysis, for release Thursday, is from the Gallup World Religion Survey and is part of a project on finding ways to increase understanding between Americans and Muslims....
"What really seems to impact one's perception of a group much more than knowing an individual is having a positive opinion of that group's distinguishing characteristic, which in this case is their faith," said Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. "That one person being nice enough could simply be explained as that person being an exception."
Mogahed slyly links antisemitism with prejudice against Muslims, smoothly gliding over the inveterate antisemitism found among Muslims and justified by the Qur'an:
Researchers also found a link between prejudice against Jews and Muslims. Americans who acknowledged "a great deal" of bias toward Jews were much more likely to feel the same about Muslims. The survey results could not explain why the two prejudices are linked. Mogahed said bias against both groups should be tracked and studied together to understand the dynamic.
"Groups working against the two types of prejudices should perhaps form a closer alliance," she said....
"Let's form a closer alliance," said the fox to the hens.
Megahead, who is quoted extensively in this article about what bigots we are, is a Muslim.
Americans, especially white americans are the LEAST prejudice, racist group on the planet. We are tolerant to a fault. There...I said it.
Sorry, I put the wrong byline on this. It should say Robert Spencer.
They don't like that sort of stuff.
Only ones that want to crush Western civilizations, blow up planes or behead me.
Yeah...gee I can’t imagine WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um . . .forgive me if I seem as obtuse as the author, but why WOULDN’T I have a dislike for a religion that wants to kill me just because I am a) a non-muslim infidel and b) an American? Seems kinda like a logical progression there.
Yeah - ever visited their websites? I don’t care for them either...
The entire religion is a front for a political-socio-economic system ran by a bunch of clerics who want to suppress the public through prayer and the elimination of education and free speech.
It’s a cult wrapped around a tribal culture that has no place into today’s world....
Islamophobic and proud of it....
Where’s your poll of Muslims prejudice toward Christians!
In other news, Americans are twice as likely to express prejudice against rabid animals as they are house cats, chihuahuas, basset hounds, and ferrets.
That said, most Americans say they have little knowledge of rabies.
Our gaurd is up. Don’t have X ray vision to spot radioactive underwear though.
Bet you won’t catch them polling Muslims in foreign coutries about their opinion of Americans and publishing those results.
The saying use to be, “the only good indian is a dead indian”.
Times have changed and it now should be, the only good moosie is a dead one.
Prejudice? Hell yeah. Look at what these animals have been doing to non moosies forever.
3,000 people murdered on your own soil will do that to you.
Religion takes away no freedoms. It is for you to participate by your own will. There is no force.
Twice.
I’m surprised it is not 12 times
Agreed, I hate the bastids and I hate their so called religion.
I don’t know about that, I was forced to be a catholic.... (not anymore!)
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