Posted on 07/01/2010 2:38:47 PM PDT by GOPGuide
A majority of New Yorkers oppose plans to build a mosque and Muslim cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Thursday.
Fifty-two percent of the respondents said they did not want the mosque to be built at all, 31 percent are in favor of it, and 17 percent are undecided.
"New York enjoys a reputation as one of the most tolerant places in America, but New Yorkers are opposed to a proposal to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero," said Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Director Maurice Carroll in a press release.
"Is it because we're still nursing the wounds from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center or is it more like bigotry?" he asked.
Broken down by borough, Manhattan was the most in favor of the mosque, with only 36 percent of residents against it. On the other end of the spectrum was Staten Island, where 73 percent of respondents were opposed.
"Liberal Manhattan accepts the mosque and trusts Islam," observed Carroll. "Staten Island, where there's controversy about another proposed mosque, is more skeptical."
According to the poll, 56 percent of white voters, 45 percent of black voters, and 60 percent of Hispanic voters oppose the mosque. Along religious lines, 66 percent of Jews, 66 percent of Catholics, and 46 percent of Protestants were opposed.
The poll also researched New Yorkers' opinions of Islam. Fifty-five percent of New Yorkers believe that mainstream Islam is a "peaceful religion, while only 22 percent said Islam "encourages violence against non-Muslims." Twenty-three percent of New Yorkers are undecided. The full report can be found here.
Quinnipiac researchers questioned 1,183 registered New York City voters from June 21-28. The margin of error was approximately 2.9 points.
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From the irony bin: Albany could use eminent domain to seize the site and turn it over to a “business interest”.
Your are brilliant!!!!! Take the communist law and use it against ragheads!!!! I love it!
Gee. Ya think?
I oppose mosques EVERYWHERE.
When the Trade Center fell, I started advocating this military strategy: A mosque a minute, until we're done.
I haven't changed my mind.
ML/NJ
Take a look at the number of mosques in NYC that are already there.
Ping
I totally agree, they all should be gone, and should have been gone by the end of 2001!
I would. We Patriots have every moral and legal right to stop this Terrorist Training Center from being built. After all, this is war with radical Islam and all is fair in love and war, including sabotage.
Even after 9-11, they remained a blue state.
“The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, now realized that Hitler could not be trusted and his appeasement policy now came to an end. ... “
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWappeasement.htm
[Even Neville Chamberlain had more sense. Imagine how determined he would have been if 3,000 Brits had been killed in a sneak attack by Nazi spies?]
Many New Yorkers, contrary to popular belief, are more gullible than backwoodsmen. Some of them actually think that a halogram created the illusion of a terror attack on 9-11, that it was an “inside job”. Others believe that the Jews set up Bin Laden.
I check out a truther site sometimes. Not satisfied to be suspicious of 9-11, one of them wrote this:
“Aircraft condensation trails which no longer only contain water but cause persistent milky veils, possibly due to the presence of barium, aluminum and iron.”
[Yeah, like clouds are such persistent milky veils too, probably due to tinfoil. And the multi-colored ‘chem’ trails, which aren’t due to light prisms from the sun — no, they must be something sinister.]
If they do build the mosque, somebody should buy the property next door and build a BBQ joint complete with the rotisserie pig out front.
” [Even Neville Chamberlain had more sense. “
Neville was not a liberal, dumb-a$$ New Yorker ;-)
Let them come within 2 weeks of completion(spend their money).......then.... ;-)
Funny how people fail to learn from history though. Education has DE-volved from the 30s.
” Funny how people fail to learn from history though. “
Most public schools quit teaching history 25 years ago. Others teach it as an “elective”.
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