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4 in 10 Americans say Islam more violent than other faiths
Yahoo News ^ | May 7, 2013 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 05/09/2013 11:16:30 PM PDT by South40

Six months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, just 25 percent of Americans said Islam is more likely to encourage violence than other religions. That number has climbed to 42 percent, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center.

The survey, conducted after the Boston bombings, found that opinions have not changed much as a result of those attacks. In March, 40 percent of Americans said Islam is more violent, 42 percent disagreed.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; jihad; religionofpeace; rop; terrorist; violence
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1 posted on 05/09/2013 11:16:30 PM PDT by South40
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To: South40

That few? Are the rest asleep?


2 posted on 05/09/2013 11:25:01 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

What’s hard to believe is that the other 6 out of 10 dont


3 posted on 05/09/2013 11:27:18 PM PDT by uncitizen
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The 6 out of 10 were the textbook definition of low information voters.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 11:31:07 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: South40

Please someone tell me any other present day religion that is violent -— NOT just violent people who also claim some religion.

60% of people are not just low information, they are plain stupid.


6 posted on 05/09/2013 11:36:55 PM PDT by Jackson Brown
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To: uncitizen

Those same 40% also said that homosexuals are NOT less likely to bear children than other “orientations”.

That same 40% also said that Obama was the greatest president ever.

Than same 40% also said that ...

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(you get the picture)


7 posted on 05/09/2013 11:38:59 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: wac3rd
Google the book, The Dumbest Generation.

Explains everything.

8 posted on 05/09/2013 11:39:19 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: Jackson Brown

But, but,,,remember the Crusades! See,, that proves how violent Christianity is! ////


9 posted on 05/09/2013 11:42:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Jackson Brown

Dey just afraid dey gonna be blowed up if dey say it is.


10 posted on 05/09/2013 11:44:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: South40

6 out of 10 are too terrified of being killed to say anything.


11 posted on 05/09/2013 11:46:36 PM PDT by Wanderer99
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To: DesertRhino

and the thousands...no MILLIONS of abortion clinics and womnynz who get blowed up by kwistians every dey!!!


12 posted on 05/09/2013 11:48:18 PM PDT by Wanderer99
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To: South40

The movie “Idiocracy” comes to mind. This comedy nails our tragic situation.


13 posted on 05/09/2013 11:55:25 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: DesertRhino

Yet the Christian faith is growing bigtime in the global south!


14 posted on 05/10/2013 12:02:01 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Sleeping and in denial. And this is the downfall of the US.


15 posted on 05/10/2013 12:05:49 AM PDT by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: South40
4 in 10 say Islam is violent.
5 in 10 say What's an Islam?
1 in 10 say Racist!

16 posted on 05/10/2013 12:10:56 AM PDT by douginthearmy
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To: South40
Six months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, just 25 percent of Americans said Islam is more likely to encourage violence than other religions. That number has climbed to 42 percent,

I think the others are what are called "low information voters".

17 posted on 05/10/2013 12:14:35 AM PDT by marron
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>> Six months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, just 25 percent

Bush was a tool for overstating the ROP angle. The intention to prevent random acts of reciprocity was admirable, but the chronic endeavor was ultimately condescending and counterproductive. Islam is not a ROP, it’s about conformance to the consequence of suffering and death.

There’s a reason for Christianity. Embrace it.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 12:18:15 AM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: douginthearmy

That’s about right.


19 posted on 05/10/2013 12:18:39 AM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: Biggirl

Bump


20 posted on 05/10/2013 12:19:28 AM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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