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Muslims World Rejecting Islamic Extremism - Studies of Islam - Posted: 14th Sep, 2011 - 11:01pm
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Muslims around the world increasingly reject suicide bombings and other violence against civilians, according to a new international poll dealing with how the world's population judges their lives, countries and national institutions.
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What is your opinion about this new Survey? I think is great to know that lots of good Muslims do not approve the terror that some people commit
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| A wide ranging survey of international attitudes in 47 countries by the Pew Research Center also reported that in many of the countries where support for suicide attacks has declined, there has also has been decreasing support for Al Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden. The 95-page survey found that surging economic growth in many developing countries has encouraged people in these countries to express satisfaction with their personal lives, family income and national conditions, said Andrew Kohut, the center's director. "It's a pro-globalization set of findings," Kohut said. Most notably, the survey finds large and growing number of Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere rejecting Islamic extremism. Ten mainly Muslim countries were surveyed along with the Palestinian territories, as well as five African nations with large Muslim populations. For example, the percentage of Jordanian Muslims who have confidence in bin Laden as a world leader fell 36 percentage points to 20 percent since 2003 while the proportion who say suicide bombing is sometimes or always justified dropped 20 percent points to 23 percent. Other countries where support for bin Laden declined are Lebanon, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan and Kuwait. The report said support for such bombings and terror tactics has dropped since 2002 in seven of the eight countries where data were available. In Lebanon, the proportion of Muslims who say suicide attacks are often or sometimes justified fell to 34 percent from 79 percent while just 9 percent of Pakistanis believe suicide bombings can be justified often or sometimes, down from 33 percent in 2002 and a high of 41 percent in 2004. But support for suicide bombings is widespread among Palestinians, the report said, with 41 percent saying such attacks are often justified while another 29 percent say they can sometimes be justified. It found that only six percent of Palestinians - the smallest in any Muslim public surveyed - say such attacks are never justified. |
Too bad that Palestinians do not feel in the same way.
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I think it is encouraging. However, the backbone that it takes to answer a survey versus actually standing up for your convictions are quite different. I do see this as the beginning though. The Palestinian-Israeli issue will continue to be a problem until there is a 2 state solution and even then there will still be some resentment on the Palestinian side...but it will be better than today. Oil is the lubrication that will continue to bring the standard of living up for many of those in the countries listed. If the pofits are horded by the government or a family and there is no trickle or sufficient trickling down of the profits to the people, then you will see some over throwing of governments.
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Interesting Survey which seems to center on the issue of suicide bombing. Suicide bombing infact is largely accepted by muslims as a military tactic. This however entails the condition that no innocents are targeted. I personally agree that in a battlefield where no alternative exists suicide bombing perhaps can be justified against military targets.
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