Great article! Thanks for posting.
“Multiculturalism preaches that all civilizations are the same, all religions are the same, all peoples are the same. The Pew results, meanwhile, tell them something else again.”
The crazy thing about the liberals and their multiculturalism meme which has resulted in the current state of affairs is that were a truly Islamic state to be established, the liberals and their wicked ways would be some of the first to face the Islamists’ sick justice...
Drive-By media was quoted as saying “But this poll does not fit the template of “everything is George Bushs’ fault”. Therefore, it is NOT worthy of recognition.”
‘One more finding: 60 percent of the Muslims polled said they didn’t believe that Arabs were responsible for blowing up the World Trade Center on September 11. Hansen: “Six of 10 assured us [Pew] that no Arab Muslim was involved in September 11. Mr. Atta, you see, still lives in that apartment in Cairo with his loving father… (the poll’s) findings translate into many hundreds of thousands of Muslims living the good life here in the United States…who are either unhinged or favor the ideology of suicide bombing.” “
35% of Americans apparently believe the same thing from polling data I’ve seen recently.
Then there are the ‘kooks r us’ websites promoting ridiculous theories like ‘WTC Building 7’....to the point these wacked out sites have banned the term ‘kook’ as my tagline denotes from personal experience.
BTTT for those who may not have seen it..........
Robert Spencer’s (jihadwatch) take here...
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/29/jihad-watch-the-thickening-fog-of-war/
Hooray Robert! Hooray Michelle!
This article misrepresents the findings of the poll.
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf
On suicide bombing:
8 percent find it is often or sometimes justified (not 25 percent)
On 9-11:
28 percent do not believe Arabs carried out the attack (not 60 percent)
Here’s what disturbs me ...
70 percent want bigger government (as opposed to 43 percent of general population)
59 percent want government to do more about morality (as opposed to 37 percent of the general population)
In other words, the general public slightly leans in the libertarian direction, whereas American Muslims strongly leans in the populist-conservative direction.
Potentially, Republicans can appeal to populist-conservatives, by emphasizing moral issues such as homosexual marriage, but not so strongly as to turn off libertarian-conservatives, even though populist-conservatives are suspicious of or outrightly opposed to free markets and the global economy.
(Populist-conservatives can be attracted to the Republican candidate especially when the choice comes down to Hillary or the Republican in the general election.)
BUT ... according to this poll, only 11 percent of Muslims are or lean Republican (as compared to 36 percent of the general public).
(63 percent of Muslims are or lean Democrat, as compared to 51 percent of the general public.)
So, the Muslims break toward to Democrats not because of traditional economic or social issues, but because they’re conflicted, religiously and possibly ethnically (i.e., by tribal thinking), by the War on Terrorism.
Way back in 2000, we got about 40 percent of the Muslim vote; but, following 9-11, they’ve shifted big-time to the Democrats.
Fortunately, they’re a miniscule 0.6 percent of the population.
Surveys indicate that, despite the overwhelming advantage the Democrats have over us in party affiliation, Rudy Guiliani and, to a lesser extent, John McCain still out-poll the other side’s best candidates.
Does anyone think that this will lead to a moratorium on Muslim immmigration ?
No, we're opening up the floodgates to another 7000 from Iraq, and you can bet that Persecuted Iraqi Chaldean Christians won't be given preference.