Posted on 07/14/2026 4:37:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber
According to a Pew survey, 44% of American Muslims recently surveyed expressed a favorable opinion of Hamas.
The United States designated Hamas a foreign terrorist organization long before it killed 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, raped women, burned families alive, tortured civilians, and kidnapped children and elderly grandparents. Its leaders have repeatedly declared that Israel should cease to exist.
Yet nearly half of Muslim Americans surveyed said they view the group favorably.
Many Muslim Americans have publicly condemned terrorism while backing the rights of Palestinians. But 44% support is significant.
Imagine if a comparable percentage of any other religious or ethnic group expressed favorable views toward a different U.S.-designated terrorist organization, such as ISIS.
Discussion of Hamas is softened by the political context. Excuses include “occupation,” historical disputes, or resentment over the war in Gaza. Those issues may help explain why some people sympathize with Palestinians, but they do not transform Hamas into something other than what it is: a terrorist organization whose charter, actions, and rhetoric have centered on violence and the destruction of Israel.
There is an important distinction between supporting the Palestinian people and viewing Hamas favorably. Millions of Palestinians themselves have suffered under Hamas’ brutal rule. The organization has redirected resources from civilians to military infrastructure, suppressed dissent, and embedded fighters and weapons among civilian populations, increasing the suffering of the very people it claims to defend.
This goes past a poll. When a terrorist organization is viewed through a political lens rather than a moral one, terrorism itself risks becoming normalized. Instead of asking whether deliberately targeting civilians is evil, people begin asking whether the perpetrators were sufficiently aggrieved.
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There is no such thing as U.S. Muzzies. They are illegal alien terrorist murderers. IOW. Murdering scumbags.
Um, the article you posted said 44% are pro-Hamas, (defined as death to infidels) - which actually seems a little light.
So safe to say that 50% of our Muslim neighbors would delight at our death and dismemberment.
100%. It is not a religion, it is an aggressive, nihilistic, misogynistic, rapacious, inbred, backwards cult.
Half of Muslims support terrorism
They are incompatible with our way of life and need to be repatriated.
“Almost half of U.S. Muslims favor Hamas.”
And the other half lie about it...
Oh...I guess I should have read the previous comments. :)
And domestic terrorists like Tucker Carlson spend every week trying to convince Americans that Muslims are our friends.
Truth versus taquiyya?
It’s cult and only cult to them . islam is brainwashing , slavery , sex and murder
Lawlessness is a plague some have others don’t.
No, they all favor hamas and terrorism. They also approve of mass murder of Jews and Christians. It’s just that only half have the courage to admit it.
70% of gazans repeatedly voted hamas into power SO THAT THEY COULD THEN MURDER AS MANY JEWS AS THEY SAID THEY WOULD!!
“So, what I just read was, deport all muslims.”
Amazing !! That is how I read that line also ...
Exactly right. They are all garbage people.
Then “almost half” of them need to go...
There is no such thing as a ‘U.S.’ muslim. Islam is totally incompatible with US values.
Muslims are on course to dominate the world with a worldwide Caliphate under Sharia Law and will use Taqiyya to deny that until they win.
One of Secretary Hegseth’s greatest moves with the military has been to ban all beards and severely to restrict the size of mustaches and sideburns. It’s good looking for the military and most important, it excludes Mudslines because the Mudslime males are religiously obligated to wear beards.
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