An interesting but unscientific survey taken of a small sample of Muslim Americans: Anyone surprised by some of the responses? link: http://muslimsforasafeamerica.org/?p=48
When handing out these forms at a large convention they can easily get into the hands of someone not belonging to the intended group. The first query makes perfect sense, why they bothered putting it in the results though...?
This just screams trouble at me It's more the 39 that wouldn't that scare me Breach in national security?
I don't think you can take these numbers absolutely, seeing as it's such a small and probably not representative group. Of these people you can at least say that a large majority would inform the authorities, which is a good sign considering the majority's more disturbing answers to some of the other questions... Personally I am a lot more worried by this: Though I wonder if you'd get a different outcome if you asked any random crowd. Somehow this idea is quite popular in spite of being wholly untenable.
What is it with cospiracy theories these days? I had a small dispute with someone a few months back who was convinced that the US had organized the attack on Pearl Harbor as well. And he wasn't even a muslim.
Having thought about it more deeply... I must admit to not being hugely surprised, except possibly by the sheer amount who think that the whole 9/11 thing was a big US government conspiracy. I'd like to see a similar poll on members of the general public to see if there is any difference. A possible reason behind the high levels of Muslim suspicion could be that since 9/11 they have - in their own minds if not in reality - been the victims of much prejudice simply for being Muslim. Certainly anti-Islam is on the rise around the world. I would not be surprised if a fair chunk were to believe that the whole thing was just a big anti-Muslim thing, either as convenient scapegoats or deliberately trying to make them look bad. I am a little worried by the numbers who support violence against US civilians in retaliation for US actions, but hey, some people are just like that. Also puzzled by the few who stated that a good Muslim cannot be a good American. My first question is 'why not?' my second question is 'so why are you in American then?'
I'm afraid that the result from the general population would not be much different, just like a lot of people think that the Moon landings were fake too.
You mean you think they were real? Oh, how blind you are! :lol: Sorry, this post probably counts as spam...
You want to live in Blackburn in the UK if you want to see hatred and racial tension. And its not all white against Muslims.. theres just as much Musilim hatred of white people and it spills onto the streets almost every weekend.. its just not " allowed" to be reported. Theres no go areas for whites, if you go to the loacal Police station they will warn younot to go to certain areas after dark. No different I suppose from certain areas in the US. But this isnt a crime or gang culture.. this is just a clash of cultures. Just some examples of the way the UK is : A female fire inspector was sent to inspect a mosque in Blackburn, she was refused entrance, in the uk a Fireman/.women can enter any building without a warrant including goverment buildings. Yet the police where powerless to do anything. The Fire Chief sited that the inspectors are rotated and therefore she had every right to be on thats shift in that area and enter the building. So the Fire Service withdrew the certifcate, and if it was any other building would have been shut down and boared up buy the local Council. Not in this case, the Mosque is still open and people still use it. Therefore the public take it as there are different rules depending on if you are a Muslim or Any-other human ! Do you think if it was a Catholic church in a Muslim country the opposite rule would apply? Or would the church be a smouldering pile of bricks by now and the Priest lying stoned to death in the gutter?
