[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

The Compost is still trying to figure out were we got that negative perception. Maybe it was on 9/11? Nah, that couldn't be it.

[Kozak]

As the war in Iraq grinds into its fourth year, a growing proportion of Americans are expressing unfavorable views of Islam, and a majority now say that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence,

As the 5th anniversary of the bloody 9-11 attack approaches, a growing proportion of Americans are expressing unfavorable views of Islam, and a majority now say that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence,

There, fixed it.

[r9etb]

The Compost is still trying to figure out were we got that negative perception. Maybe it was on 9/11? Nah, that couldn't be it.

Nope, that's not it. Most folks recognized 9/11 as the work of some isolated whackjobs.

The negative perception of Islam is growing for the simple reason that Muslims have been behaving very badly, over really stupid things.

The watershed event is their ridiculous over-reaction to the cartoons.