https://freerepublic.com/tag/europevsislam/ en-us Wed, 24 May 2006 14:48:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637482/posts Study: Germans pessimistic on Islam By GEORGE CONGER German public opinion believes a clash of civilizations" is under way between Christians and Muslims that will lead to further domestic and international conflict, a report commissioned by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung finds. Germany is in the midst of "a conflict spiral," researchers from the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research reported last week. "Conceptions of Islam were already negative" but have hardened "noticeably in recent times," the survey's authors Elisabeth Noelle and Thomas Petersen reported. "Germans are increasingly of the opinion that a lasting, peaceful coexistence with the Islamic world will... JPost https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637482/posts#comment Wed, 24 May 2006 14:48:45 GMT