Posted on 08/10/2006 5:16:22 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Nearly four in 10 Americans admit having feelings of prejudice against Muslims living in the U.S. – and are in favor of having Muslims carry a special ID, a new Gallup poll reveals.
Also, 22 percent of those surveyed said they would not like to have a Muslim as a neighbor.
Among the findings of the late-July USA Today/Gallup poll:
31 percent of respondents said they would feel nervous if they noticed a Muslim man on their airplane flight, and 18 percent would feel nervous about a Muslim woman flying with them.
Less than half – 49 percent – feel that Muslims living in the U.S. are loyal to this country.
34 percent believe American Muslims are sympathetic to the al-Qaida terrorist organization.
40 percent of respondents said they believe Muslims in the U.S. are not respectful of other religions, and 44 percent said Muslims are too extreme in their religious beliefs.
A slight majority – 52 percent – believe Muslims are not respectful of women.
39 percent said the U.S. should require Muslims to carry a special ID, and 57 percent believe they should undergo more intensive security checks at airports.
39 percent said they "have at least some feelings of prejudice against Muslims,” 59 percent said they did not, and 2 percent had no opinion.
Opinions are different, however, among Americans who are personally acquainted with a Muslim, the poll disclosed.
For example, only 10 percent of those who know a Muslim said they would not want one as a neighbor, and 24 percent believe Muslims should carry a special ID – compared to 50 percent among those who don’t know a Muslim.
It is going to get interesting on Friday...protests are planned...
Comrade! Your papers, please.
Yum! What time should I be there? Can I bring anything?
No, obviously not. One would simply get from my post that the one's that want to intern all muslims, want to kick all muslims out, and in any other way single all muslims is who my post is for?
Are you defensive because you are one of these people?
What Muslim organizations do is not speak for everyone. Does the NAACP speak for all black people?
"I love these threads.. I get to see all the bigots and idiots in their true setting."
At least folks here have a place to comment about current events.
Some would say Christianity is a cancer. Some would say White people are a cancer.
How do you feel about that?
Mind you I'm a white Christian but I'm also an educated one. One that knows what the Church has done and one that knows what White people have done as well.
That doesn't make Arabs and Muslims innocent.
But just like I was and never will be a slave owner. Not all Muslims believe in killing all non believers either.
It only took me 3 responses to show all the bigots here on FR.
Remember being an American doesn't mean keeping ourselves alive.
Being an American is defending our constitution. Remember a little thing call freedom of Religion.
Or perhaps you take Thursdays off on that clause. :)
Cant believe its not %99
PC could end up being our undoing.
i really agree. Maybe a pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and some Harpoon IPA.
Then after solving the middle east problem, we could solve the energy problems with single malt scotch and a few fine cigars!
Why should I trust you any more than I would trust a Muslim?
White people can be theives, murders, adulters, satanists, terrorists, rapists, child molestors...
Do I really need to go on?
I do predict one senator, the one from my home state, CT, Joe Leiberman has been handed a victory in November because of what happened today.
This thread is a sign of a coming major angry backlash.
You obviously ignored all my posts on this thread before asking it.
All we can do at FR is lay out all the facts and perspectives. We can't force people like you to read them before making sweeping comments.
That's really weird because I've read about Christians that would love a return to old testament law. Because as Jesus said "I'm not here to change the law..."
But you know I feel what you are saying.. those Christians don't represent the truth. They don't talk for all of us Christians who believe forgiveness. It might even be fair to say that the bible says to obey all laws of a Government. Do you feel that the laws of a Government can conflict with the bible? What do you do then?
You are right because if the label of racist was not feared, the numbers would be higher.
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