Saturday, August 21, 2010

Americans Still Associate Islam With Violence


From Yahoo News/Reuters:

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The furor over plans to build a Muslim cultural center near the World Trade Center site shows nine years of efforts to separate Islam from association with terrorism have largely failed, experts say.

"I'd take it one step further. I'd say that it's far, far worse today than it was in the immediate aftermath of 9/11," said Reza Aslan, a writer and scholar on religion, using the shorthand for the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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My Comment: If I am surprised by this poll .... it is that I expected the number who believe Islam and terrorism are intertwined to be higher .... much higher.

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