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46% of Muslims in the U.S. think criticism of Islam should be criminalized
Jihad Watch ^ | October 31, 2012

Posted on 11/01/2012 2:30:03 PM PDT by NYer

And 40% think that Muslims here should not be governed by the Constitution, but by Sharia. Does this really surprise anyone? Why should Muslims in the U.S. hold different beliefs from Muslims elsewhere?

"Guess who U.S. Muslims are voting for," by Bob Unruh for WND, October 31:

Nearly half of 600 Muslim-American citizens polled who plan to vote in the 2012 presidential election believe parodies of Muhammad should be prosecuted criminally in the U.S., and one in eight say the offense is so serious violators should face the death penalty.

The results came in a groundbreaking scientific poll for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies. It was taken Oct. 22-26 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.98 percentage points.

The poll also found 40 percent of Muslims in America believe they should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Shariah standards.

And the big winner among Muslim-Americans in the presidential election is Barack Obama, the poll found. More than 72 percent said they are definitely supporting Obama, and another 8.5 percent are leaning that direction. Only 11 percent are for Romney....

“Almost half of those Muslims surveyed – an astonishing 46 percent – said they believe those Americans who offer criticism or parodies of Islam should face criminal charges,” said pollster Fritz Wenzel in an analysis of the survey’s results.

“Even more shocking: One in eight respondents said they think those Americans who criticize or parody Islam should face the death penalty, while another nine percent said they were unsure on the question,” he said.

Wenzel said even the 9 percent “undecided” on that particular question is alarming.

“Seldom in survey research does a response of ‘not sure’ carry such significance, but the response to this question certainly is a surprise, given the severity of the question, and offers insight into the conflict that some Muslims appear to face in making the ideals under-girding American society fit into their religious lifestyle,” he said.

Wenzel’s poll said 7.2 percent of the respondents said they “strongly agree” with the idea of execution for those who parody Islam, and another 4.3 percent said they somewhat agree.

While 80 percent said that they somewhat or strongly disagree with the idea, when those who said they were not sure are added, one in five Muslims across America cannot say they believe Christians or others who criticize Muhammad should be spared the death penalty.

More Muslim women (10.4 percent) than Muslim men (4.9 percent) said they strongly agree with the idea, while 12.4 percent of the women and 7.1 percent of the men were uncertain about the issue involving Muhammad.

Four in 10 said Muslims in America should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Islamic Shariah law.

“A much smaller percentage said they think the U.S. should establish an entirely separate court system to adjudicate matters involving Muslims,” Wenzel said.

While the respondents overwhelmingly lean toward the Democratic Party and like the direction Barack Obama, who repeatedly has praised Islam around the world, is leading this nation, they also have a fundamental conflict with American life, expressing objections to the freedom of speech and religion guaranteed in the Constitution.

American Muslims, Wenzel said, “show signs of ambivalence toward the U.S. Constitution generally and the First Amendment specifically.”

“These survey findings show a community in conflict with the foundations of our nation, as many Muslims favor and enjoy the freedoms offered by the U.S. Constitution, including participation in elections here, but at the same time significant percentages want to be treated differently than the average non-Muslim when it comes to legal matters,” he said.

“While 39 percent of Muslims said they believe existing U.S. courts should consult Shariah law when adjudicating cases involving Muslims, a plurality of 45 percent said they do not agree with this idea. Asked if the U.S. should establish separate courts based solely on Shariah law to adjudicate cases involving Muslim, 21 percent said it should. Two-thirds of respondents – 66 percent – said that separate courts are not necessary to adjudicate Muslims.”

While 9 of 10 of the Muslim respondents said they agree with the First Amendment, they are also in conflict with it, Wenzel said, citing evidence in answers to “another question in the survey which found that one-third of Muslims – 32 percent – believe Shariah should be the supreme law of the land in the United States,” Wenzel said.

“Another shocking finding from the survey is how Muslims view the religious freedoms of Christians. Asked whether U.S. citizens who are Christians have the right to evangelize Muslims to consider other faiths, just 30 percent agreed Christians have such a right. Another 42 percent said they do not have such a right, while 28 percent said they were unsure on the question.”

One in five say Muslim men should be allowed to follow their religion in America and have more than one wife, and 58 percent said criticism of their religion or of Muhammad should not be allowed under the Constitution.

While 43 percent said they disagreed with the idea of Christians evangelizing Muslims, another 27 percent said they were undecided. Only 19 percent said they “strongly agree” with the idea that Americans have a right to invite Muslims to consider another faith.

Nearly one in three said Israel either has no right to exist or they were uncertain whether it does.

Robert Spencer, author of “Stealth Jihad” and “Did Muhammad Ever Exist?,” told WND the survey is a “disquieting indication that Muslims in the U.S. support Shariah blasphemy laws and want to bring them to the U.S.”

“This should not surprise anyone,” he said. “There is no reason to believe that Muslims in the U.S. believe in a different form of Islam from that which prevails everywhere else. But it underscores the need for Americans to defend, forthrightly and without apology, the freedom of speech, as it is increasingly embattled today, and to revive and enact anti-Shariah laws nationwide.”

Spencer has authored 12 books on Islam and has led seminars about jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and others.

Pamela Geller, author of ”Stop the Islamization of America” and a WND columnist, said: “Restrictions on free speech are part of Shariah. This poll does nothing but show that Muslims in this country adhere to Shariah in large numbers. What is surprising is that the percentage of those who oppose free speech isn’t higher. But probably many of the respondents already know better than to say what they really think to non-Muslim pollsters.”...



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: culturaljihad; islam; muslims; sharia; shariah; softjihad; stealthjihad
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1 posted on 11/01/2012 2:30:09 PM PDT by NYer
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....and 85% of AMERICANS don’t give a rats petunia what any muslims “think”


2 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:07 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: NYer

Well, isn’t that just too damned bad. Excuse my language. Good grief!


3 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:39 PM PDT by DallasSun (Courage~Fear that has said its prayers.)
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To: NYer

46% of Muslims in the U.S. think criticism of Islam should be criminalized-—Well f@ck them too.


4 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:41 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: NYer

Which is why a muslim is not, will not and CANNOT be American.


5 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:47 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: NYer

99% of Native US citizens think mohammedites should return to where they came from.


6 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:53 PM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: NYer

May piss be upon them.


7 posted on 11/01/2012 2:32:56 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: NYer

And we just keep letting them in as if they were normal, reasonable, people seeking freedom and opportunity.


8 posted on 11/01/2012 2:33:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: NYer

Yet Muslim immigration continues to grow, and will continue to grow so long as we allow chain migration, and have the absurd Diversity Visa program, and allow refugee populations from places like Somalia.

In this, the GOP and Democrats are equal villains.


9 posted on 11/01/2012 2:34:25 PM PDT by Aetius
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A separate court to ajudicate muslims? Ok

We will get a catholic priest to preside.

Criticize chrisianity. ...die.

How do you like them apples


10 posted on 11/01/2012 2:35:02 PM PDT by South Dakota (shut up and drill)
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Get rid of the muslims.

Everywhere.


11 posted on 11/01/2012 2:35:41 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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Muslims don’t want to be governed by nor protected by the Constitution, fine! Let’s criminalize all muslim criticism of Jews. They’ll get the free speech point real fast!


12 posted on 11/01/2012 2:35:57 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: NYer

What about the 60 percent of Americans that think
Islam should be criminalized?


13 posted on 11/01/2012 2:36:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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It’s time to kick ‘em all out before it’s too late.
Their choice should be to go to a concentration camp or LEAVE.
We are AT WAR with Islam.
Pure and simple.


14 posted on 11/01/2012 2:38:55 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: NYer

I have just signed a bill that bans islam...the bombing begins in five minutes.


15 posted on 11/01/2012 2:39:08 PM PDT by barmag25
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To: NYer

For 1400 years Islam has advocated murdering infidels..
NOT for what they believe BUT for WHO they(YOU) are..

And will continue advocating that until ALL MUSLIMS cease to exist...

The ONLY way to stop Muslims murdering people is to get rid of all muslims..
Not only that BUT Mohahaad advocated murdering muslims IF they rejected Islam..

If YOU tolerate Islam you tolerate MURDER of non muslims..
Its as simple as that.. PROOF: 1400 years of in your face proof..
Islam has ALWAYS murdered non muslims even illegally in non muslim countrys..

**INFIDEL = YOU...


16 posted on 11/01/2012 2:40:29 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: knarf

Certainly looks that way!


17 posted on 11/01/2012 2:40:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: barmag25

if only


18 posted on 11/01/2012 2:40:51 PM PDT by surrey
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To: NYer

islam is the Borg. It can only be defeated and exterminated or surrendered to and I’m not surrendering.

BTW, there ain’t no Seven of Nine in islam.


19 posted on 11/01/2012 2:41:15 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: NYer

The prophet is a pedophile. Now come and arrest me and see what happens.


20 posted on 11/01/2012 2:41:58 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (I advocate indentured servitude for the 47% until the national debt is eliminated.)
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