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EU: Half of Europeans say Islam is a religion of intolerance
europeanson.net ^ | 12-01-11 | Islam in Europe

Posted on 12/06/2011 8:26:01 AM PST by bayouranger

The Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation published a study on intolerance and prejudice in Europe. The study "Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination" is available in German and English. I bring below the section relating to Muslims.

Via FES (h/t Euro-Islam.info):

After statistical testing, three statements were used to produce the anti-Muslim attitudes mean scale (Table 7, items 18 to 20). These cover the general impression that there are too many Muslims in the country, the charge that Muslims make too many demands, and broad-brush criticism of Islam as a religion of intolerance. Four further statements were surveyed in a random half of the sample. These cover a positive attitude that sees Muslims as an enrichment and the idea that there are great cultural differences between the majority society and Muslims, especially concerning attitudes towards women. We also surveyed the idea that Muslims generally support and condone terrorism.

In most of the countries a majority believe Islam to be a religion of intolerance, with agreement just below 50 percent only in Great Britain and the Netherlands. In almost all the countries more than half of respondents said that Muslims make too many demands; Portugal was the only exception with about one third. The statement that there are too many Muslims in the country is affirmed by just over one quarter in Portugal and by about one third in France. In Germany, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands more than 40 percent of respondents complain that there are too many Muslims in their country, in Hungary about 60 percent.

Interviewees were also asked to respond to four further statements covering perceived cultural differences and supposed affinity of Muslims toward terrorism (Table 7, items 22 to 25). Despite correlating closely with anti-Muslim attitudes these items represent separate constructs and were therefore excluded from the scale measure.

The figures for those who say that Muslim culture is compatible with their own range from 17 percent in Poland and 19 percent in Germany to about half the population in Portugal and France. A majority of more than 70 percent of European respondents find that Muslim attitudes towards women are incompatible with their own values. Overall in the surveyed countries about one third think that Muslims treat Islamist terrorists as heroes, although somewhat fewer believe that terrorism finds moral support in the Muslim community (ranging from under 20 percent in Germany and the Netherlands to nearly 30 percent in Hungary).

The scale created from the first three statements clearly illustrates the extent of anti-Muslim attitudes in the studied countries (Figure 5). It is conspicuous that Europeans are largely united in their rejection of Muslims and Islam. The significantly most widespread anti-Muslim attitudes are found in Germany, Hungary, Italy and Poland, closely followed by France, Great Britain and the Netherlands. The extent of anti-Muslim attitudes is least in Portugal. In absolute terms, however, the eight countries differ little in their levels of prejudice towards Muslims.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: eu; islam; islameurope; islamintolerance; islamtolerance; jihad; koranimals; muslimeurope

That's a pretty decent voting bloc for upcoming elections.

They're koranimals engaging in different forms of jihad.


1 posted on 12/06/2011 8:26:10 AM PST by bayouranger
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To: bayouranger

The only problem is that within a few years, over half the population of Europe will be Muslim. Then they can simply vote in that legal system renowned the world over for its grace and tolerance: Sharia law.


2 posted on 12/06/2011 8:30:04 AM PST by newheart (When does policy become treason?)
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Shows that half the eurowienies are blithering morons.


3 posted on 12/06/2011 8:30:48 AM PST by Dedbone
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To: bayouranger

There first mistake was accepting the lie that Islam is a religion. It is a political system.


4 posted on 12/06/2011 8:33:21 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: bayouranger

That number is higher than I would have guessed.


5 posted on 12/06/2011 8:34:14 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: bayouranger

My country is “I” on the list... and I can safely say without fear of being contradicted that it doesn’t matter to the governing powers what we think. Our only hope is to remain ungovernable. Mussolini himself (who once had all power) once said: “Governing Italy isn’t difficult, it’s useless.” But maybe la Merkel and her sidekick Sarkozy through their Goldman Sachs puppet will be more successful.


6 posted on 12/06/2011 8:41:08 AM PST by Youaskedforit
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To: taxcontrol

You beat me to the punchline.

North America accords them the same rights as IF they were a religion. Unfortunately, they view their own constitution embodied in Sharia as supreme to all other forms of government.

Their role is to supplant whatever government wherever they take root. It is invasive.

Kinda like metasasized cancer.


7 posted on 12/06/2011 8:44:46 AM PST by himno hero (Obamas theme...Death to America...The crusaders will pay!)
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To: bayouranger

duh! islam is a cult, and it controls everything in
a muslim’s life.
It’s a pity that muslims’s eyes are blinded by this
rotten cult. To understand islam you must learn about its
founder mohammed, he murdered people, raided caravans,
and did all kinds of horrible things.
Islam will be defeated from the inside (muslims leaving
it in droves), and from the outside, i.e. non-muslims are
and will be fighting islam in europe, asia, even in the US!

does the ground-zero mosque ring a bell to you?


8 posted on 12/06/2011 8:46:01 AM PST by indpndtguy
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To: bayouranger

Only half?

What are the other half?


9 posted on 12/06/2011 8:47:01 AM PST by silverleaf (common sense is not so common- voltaire)
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To: Dedbone
Shows that half the eurowienies are blithering morons.

And the other half are muslims. Were they INCLUDED in the survey, which shows little more than the battle between truth and brainwashing?

10 posted on 12/06/2011 8:53:53 AM PST by Albion Wilde (A land of hyper-legalisms is not the same as a land of law. --Mark Steyn)
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To: Youaskedforit
Mussolini himself (who once had all power) once said: “Governing Italy isn’t difficult, it’s useless.”

Italy's enduring charm, in my opinion. You couid drop a bomb on Italy, and it would slide off. Bravissimi!

11 posted on 12/06/2011 8:56:43 AM PST by Albion Wilde (A land of hyper-legalisms is not the same as a land of law. --Mark Steyn)
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To: silverleaf

“Only half?

What are the other half?”

~ Muslim


12 posted on 12/06/2011 8:58:53 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (Millions of government bureaucrats are gang raping and choking the life out of America.)
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To: newheart

Agreed. This is important and promising though it may be too late.


13 posted on 12/06/2011 9:15:48 AM PST by jimfree (In Nov 2012 Herman Cain will have more relevant and quality executive experience than Barack Obama)
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To: bayouranger
EU: Half of Europeans say Islam is a religion of intolerance

According to my calculations, half of Europeans are too terrified to admit that Islam is a religion of intolerance.

14 posted on 12/06/2011 11:37:53 AM PST by douginthearmy (Still undecided.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE
“Only half?

What are the other half?”

Half of the voters in the 2008 Presidential election voted for our first MUSLIM POTUS. If you tell the average American Obama is obviously a Muslim terrorist embracing the left but his motivation (and his controller's) is to destroy the United States morally, economically and militarily.

The average American is very predictable. They believe that a conspiracy could NOT put a radical in as POTUS. They believe it couldn't happen in a million years when right before you Obama used the US Military to illegally put Muslim radicals in power in Libya, used the US Gov't influence to put the Muslim Brotherhood (sworn to destroy Israel) and trashed Israel at every opportunity. Notice how he fights US oil production but cheers the flow of US $$ overseas?

Is Obama the worst idiot in history playing POTUS OR is Obama a Muslim terrorist doing everything he can to finish the destruction the left wing of the Demo party started decades ago.

This treason will NOT stop until the hangings start.

15 posted on 12/06/2011 6:14:23 PM PST by politicianslie (plug in RADICAL MUSLIM into Obama's idiotic actions and you can figure out his next moves)
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