'Troubling' views on suicide bombings
About 1 in 4 young adult American Muslims says suicide bombings against civilian targets "to defend Islam" can be justified rarely, sometimes or often, according to a new Pew Research Center poll -- a finding that disturbed American Muslim leaders and thinkers across the country.
"It's something that the Muslim community should be aware of -- it's a phenomenon we should be concerned about," said Farid Senzai, a Fremont resident and director of research for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, which helped shape the questions on the survey. "It is very troubling."
At the same time, the poll of 1,050 people across the country found that 78 percent of U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings entirely.
Pew's survey provides a groundbreaking look at American Muslims, one of the nation's highest-profile and least understood groups. Its findings include responses from African American Muslims, who account for 20 percent of U.S. Muslims, according to Pew's estimate.
Surveys like this one are key to learning about people of faith in the United States because the U.S. Census Bureau -- the most comprehensive provider of demographic information -- does not ask about religion.
'Troubling' views on suicide bombings / 78% of U.S. Muslims opposed, but young adults are less sure
I don't care much for polls like these but still there are SOME with this belief right here! Not much different than those that would blow up an abortion clinic in the name of Jesus.
Have a good one!:s4:
'Troubling' views on suicide bombings
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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
About 1 in 4 young adult American Muslims says suicide bombings against civilian targets "to defend Islam" can be justified rarely, sometimes or often, according to a new Pew Research Center poll -- a finding that disturbed American Muslim leaders and thinkers across the country.
"It's something that the Muslim community should be aware of -- it's a phenomenon we should be concerned about," said Farid Senzai, a Fremont resident and director of research for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, which helped shape the questions on the survey. "It is very troubling."
At the same time, the poll of 1,050 people across the country found that 78 percent of U.S. Muslims reject suicide bombings entirely.
Pew's survey provides a groundbreaking look at American Muslims, one of the nation's highest-profile and least understood groups. Its findings include responses from African American Muslims, who account for 20 percent of U.S. Muslims, according to Pew's estimate.
Surveys like this one are key to learning about people of faith in the United States because the U.S. Census Bureau -- the most comprehensive provider of demographic information -- does not ask about religion.
'Troubling' views on suicide bombings / 78% of U.S. Muslims opposed, but young adults are less sure
I don't care much for polls like these but still there are SOME with this belief right here! Not much different than those that would blow up an abortion clinic in the name of Jesus.
Have a good one!:s4:
Yup, like the beltway snipers, another Muslim snafu.
