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(CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News poll finds fewer than one in five say their impression of the religion is favorable.
Forty-five percent of respondents queried April 6 - 9 said they have an unfavorable view of Islam, a rise from 36 percent in February. And the public’s impression of Islam has diminished even more compared with four years ago. In February 2002 – less than six months after the terrorist attacks of September 11 – the country was evenly divided in its impression of Islam.
WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF ISLAM?
FAVORABLE
Now
19%
2002
30%
UNFAVORABLE
Now
45%
2002
33%
Thirty-six percent of respondents said they haven’t heard enough or don’t know enough to say either way.
Americans today are also more likely than not to believe that Islam encourages violence, at least in comparison to other religions around the world.
The last few months have seen escalating sectarian violence between Shiite and Sunni Islamic factions in Iraq and the ongoing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui in the United States. The poll finds 46 percent of Americans believe Islam encourages violence more than other religions, compared with 39 percent of Americans who felt that way two months ago and 35 percent who felt that way in March 2002 (according to a Gallup Poll).
When compared with some other religions practiced in America, positive views of Islam rank below those for mainstream Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, and Christian fundamentalist faiths. Only Scientology, of all the religions asked about, ranked lower.
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Poll Jerman:
Germans negative on Islam, poll shows
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Poll UK:
Islam poses a threat to the West, say 53pc in poll
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Germans negative on Islam, poll shows
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Poll UK:
Islam poses a threat to the West, say 53pc in poll
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AUSTRALIA : Hanson slams door on Muslims
Hanson slams door on Muslims
March 16, 2007 11:06pm
PAULINE Hanson will urge major political parties to stop the flow of Muslim immigrants into Australia when she launches her bid to become a senator this year.
Warning Australia could go down the same road as some European countries, where she says racial tension are "out of control", Ms Hanson says federal politicians will eventually have to decide on Muslim numbers in Australia.
"We have to decide now whether we want to go the way Britain, France and the Netherlands have gone," she told The Herald Sun.
"England's being lost. It's losing its identity and its way of life."
She says the Muslim way of life is totally opposite to the Australian way, citing instances of multiple marriages, the forcing of women to wear the burqa, closure of pools to males and shopping centre bans on Christmas decorations.
"The fact is they're Muslim first and Australian second," Ms Hanson says.
AUSTRALIA : Hanson slams door on Muslims
Hanson slams door on Muslims
March 16, 2007 11:06pm
PAULINE Hanson will urge major political parties to stop the flow of Muslim immigrants into Australia when she launches her bid to become a senator this year.
Warning Australia could go down the same road as some European countries, where she says racial tension are "out of control", Ms Hanson says federal politicians will eventually have to decide on Muslim numbers in Australia.
"We have to decide now whether we want to go the way Britain, France and the Netherlands have gone," she told The Herald Sun.
"England's being lost. It's losing its identity and its way of life."
She says the Muslim way of life is totally opposite to the Australian way, citing instances of multiple marriages, the forcing of women to wear the burqa, closure of pools to males and shopping centre bans on Christmas decorations.
"The fact is they're Muslim first and Australian second," Ms Hanson says.
Indonesian Muslim kills 88 Australians and gets a free laptop
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(Video) An Ordinary Brit Speaks Up (LiveLeak)
We aren't sure who this guy is. Nor do we agree with every single thing he says. But we have a strong feeling that he is speaking for a growing number of his countrymen, as Islam begins to prove itself an unwelcome guest.
(Video) An Ordinary Brit Speaks Up (LiveLeak)
We aren't sure who this guy is. Nor do we agree with every single thing he says. But we have a strong feeling that he is speaking for a growing number of his countrymen, as Islam begins to prove itself an unwelcome guest.