Related thread - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669446/posts
partial quote on recent survey in Egypt:
“Fifty nine percent said they back Islamists. Only 27% said they back modernizers. Half of Egyptians support Hamas. Thirty percent support Hizbullah and 20% support al Qaida. Moreover, 95% of them would welcome Islamic influence over their politics….Eighty two percent of Egyptians support executing adulterers by stoning, 77% support whipping and cutting the hands off thieves. 84% support executing any Muslim who changes his religion…When this preference is translated into actual government policy, it is clear that the Islam they support is the al Qaida Salafist version.”
Thank you that’s so timely I was discussing this very thing last night trying to explain that the Egyptian rioters were not freedom seeking democracy loving people.