Posted on 01/22/2010 5:29:15 AM PST by La Lydia
All victimization of innocent people is reprehensible. This survey is speaking, rather, about "dislike" of various religions. One may suspect that the widespread "dislike" of Islam comes not from ignorance of it, but from the increasingly common phenomenon of its most devout adherents murdering members of other faiths and justifying those murders by reference to Islamic texts and teachings. See Fort Hood jihadist Nidal Hasan's Power Point presentation for a key example of this.
But of course in this AP article it is all ascribed to "Islamophobia" that will be cured with education about Islam.
"More Bias In US Against Muslims Than Other Faiths: But Nearly Two-Thirds Say They Have Little, No Knowledge Of Islam," by Rachel Zoll for AP:
NEW YORK -- Americans are more than twice as likely to express prejudice against Muslims than they are against Christians, Jews or Buddhists, a new survey found. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have little or no knowledge of Islam. Still, a majority dislike the faith. The analysis, for release Thursday, is from the Gallup World Religion Survey and is part of a project on finding ways to increase understanding between Americans and Muslims....
"What really seems to impact one's perception of a group much more than knowing an individual is having a positive opinion of that group's distinguishing characteristic, which in this case is their faith," said Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. "That one person being nice enough could simply be explained as that person being an exception."
Mogahed slyly links antisemitism with prejudice against Muslims, smoothly gliding over the inveterate antisemitism found among Muslims and justified by the Qur'an:
Researchers also found a link between prejudice against Jews and Muslims. Americans who acknowledged "a great deal" of bias toward Jews were much more likely to feel the same about Muslims. The survey results could not explain why the two prejudices are linked. Mogahed said bias against both groups should be tracked and studied together to understand the dynamic.
"Groups working against the two types of prejudices should perhaps form a closer alliance," she said....
"Let's form a closer alliance," said the fox to the hens.
“We are “Islamophobic” because we dislike those who have announced repeatedly they want to kill us....”
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We are not islamophobic, we’re stupid and naive for ignoring Muslims’ threats and willing to let potential murderers (by their own account) freely roam among us. Jeez, when are we going to wake up.
The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims (Andrew Bostom)
and
The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West (Lee Harris)
Islam is a serial murderer of entire cultures and peoples. This is what Islam has done throughout its entire history. Those whom it does not destroy, it enslaves and impoverishes. Islam is the enemy. Islam must be destroyed.
Years ago, immediately post-9/11, I was banned from FR for calling Islam a “gutter religion”.
They killed “The Prophet”?!
Go figure..
“Islam is the only belief system that rewards killing of others that I know of...”
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And is the only ideology tolerated to do so. I guess the West thinks that it is cute to get killed by these ba$terds.
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