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has added a new journalPeace...
has anyone come across any perspectives on Islamophobia??
stories of facing it - any actions against it - any papers articles speeches on it - theoretical perspectives...
basically i am gathering peoples thoughts and perspectives on Islamophobia
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has added a new journalYesterday, a major study was released by the Pew Center citing, among other more positive findings, that 25% of Muslims think suicide bombings are justified. This is one of the largest studies done on Muslims in America...what do you think? Do the findings seem entirely plausible or does anything surprise you?
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Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream
May 22, 2007
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The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.
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The Pew Research Center conducted more than 55,000 interviews to obtain a national sample of 1,050 Muslims living in the United States. Interviews were conducted in English, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. The resulting study, which draws on Pew's survey research among Muslims around the world, finds that Muslim Americans are a highly diverse population, one largely composed of immigrants. Nonetheless, they are decidedly American in their outlook, values and attitudes. This belief is reflected in Muslim American income and education levels, which generally mirror those of the public.
Key findings include:
* Overall, Muslim Americans have a generally positive view of the larger society. Most say their communities are excellent or good places to live.
* A large majority of Muslim Americans believe that hard work pays off in this society. Fully 71% agree that most people who want to get ahead in the United States can make it if they are willing to work hard.
* The survey shows that although many Muslims are relative newcomers to the U.S., they are highly assimilated into American society. On balance, they believe that Muslims coming to the U.S. should try and adopt American customs, rather than trying to remain distinct from the larger society. And by nearly two-to-one (63%-32%) Muslim Americans do not see a conflict between being a devout Muslim and living in a modern society.
* Roughly two-thirds (65%) of adult Muslims in the U.S. were born elsewhere. A relatively large proportion of Muslim immigrants are from Arab countries, but many also come from Pakistan and other South Asian countries. Among native-born Muslims, roughly half are African American (20% of U.S. Muslims overall), many of whom are converts to Islam.
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* Based on data from this survey, along with available Census Bureau data on immigrants' nativity and nationality, the Pew Research Center estimates the total population of Muslims in the United States at 2.35 million.
* Muslim Americans reject Islamic extremism by larger margins than do Muslim minorities in Western European countries. However, there is somewhat more acceptance of Islamic extremism in some segments of the U.S. Muslim public than others. Fewer native-born African American Muslims than others completely condemn al Qaeda. In addition, younger Muslims in the U.S. are much more likely than older Muslim Americans to say that suicide bombing in the defense of Islam can be at least sometimes justified. Nonetheless, absolute levels of support for Islamic extremism among Muslim Americans are quite low, especially when compared with Muslims around the world.
* A majority of Muslim Americans (53%) say it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the United States since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Most also believe that the government "singles out" Muslims for increased surveillance and monitoring.
* Relatively few Muslim Americans believe the U.S.-led war on terror is a sincere effort to reduce terrorism, and many doubt that Arabs were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Just 40% of Muslim Americans say groups of Arabs carried out those attacks.
See the link to the full report: pewresearch.org
Zakiyah
i would have thought that the % of muslims that agree that suicide bombing is justified wiould have been higher...most ppl i know think it's justifiedcan the break down of the race of the muslims asked be found in the study?? yea maybe i'll just click the link lol
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peacei think its important to see where the funding is coming from for studies and then the people who conduct them bias in integral to science and there is no such thing as objectivity
thanks for this post have you come across other studies re: muslims and west? muslims and security?
thanks!
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has added a new journalWE NEED UMMAH PEACE KEEPING FORCES IN OIL RICH COUNTRIES X2WEEKS TIME
By: DilSe
WE NEED UMMAH PEACE KEEPING FORCES IN OIL RICH COUNTRIES X2WEEKS TIME
URGENT ! URGENT! URGENT ! URGENT! URGENT ! URGENT! URGENT ! URGENT!
WE NEED UMMAH PEACE CORPS TO PROTECT THE UMMAH FROM GENOCIDE ON THE BASIS OF PRE-ASSUMPTIVE MEASURE _NAIL IT BEFORE THE KILLING BEGINS DO IT OR WITNESS ANOTHER MUSLIM GENOCIDE .... THERE IS TOO MUCH MASSECER OF INNOCENT MUSLIM LIVES BY OIL REFINERY SEEKING CAPATILIST.
NOT SO FAR FROM NOW WE WILL SEE A HUGE MASSECRE OF MUSLIMS IN PRE RUSSIA REGION ALL OIL RICH MUSLIM COUNTRIES WILL BE TRAGET AGAIN FOR OLD REASONS LIKE
1) DEMOCRACY X10 YRS
2) MUSLIM-MILITANT
3) NUCLEAR RICH MATERIAL /RELATED FAKE ISSUES
WARNING TO THOSE WHO DO MAKE A DIFFERNCE IN CIVILIZED WAY i.e BY MAKING OUR OWN PEACE KEEPING FORCE IN OIL RICH SENSITIVE COUNTRIES ONLY TO PREVENT LARGE SCALE MUSLIM GENOCIDES /MASSECRES
MAKE A MOVE TODAY _ IF YOU DONT THEY ARE ALREADY MOVING WHEELS IN THE SENATE ..........
"" LETS MAKE UMMAH'S OWN PEACE KEEPING FORCE IN OIL RICH SENSITIVE COUNTRIES IN NEXT 2 WEEKS "
LETS GET STARTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAVE UMMAH FROM NEXT GENOCIDE RAPE ,SODONOMY ! .......FORM OIL STEALERS
Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2006
Rank Country Proved reserves
(billion barrels)
1. Saudi Arabia 264.3
2. Canada 178.8
3. Iran 132.5
4. Iraq 115.0
5. Kuwait 101.5
6. United Arab Emirates 97.8
7. Venezuela 79.7
8. Russia 60.0
9. Libya 39.1
10. Nigeria 35.9
11. United States 21.4
12. China 18.3
13. Qatar 15.2
14. Mexico 12.9
15. Algeria 11.4
16. Brazil 11.2
17. Kazakhstan 9.0
18. Norway 7.7
19. Azerbaijan 7.0
20. India 5.8
Top 20 countries 90.2
Rest of world 68.1
World total 1,292.5
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Oil reserves, production and consumption in 2001
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Reserves
(millions of barrels as of January 1, 2002):
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Saudi Arabia: 261,750
Canada: 180,000 (2003 data)
Iraq: 112,500
United Arab Emirates: 97,800
Kuwait: 96,500
Iran: 89,700
Venezuela: 77,685
Russia: 48,573
Libya: 29,500
Mexico: 26,941
Nigeria: 24,000
China: 24,000
United States: 22,045
Qatar: 15,207
Norway: 9,947
Algeria: 9,200
Brazil: 8,465
Oman: 5,506
Kazakhstan: 5,417
Angola: 5,412
Indonesia: 5,000
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World: 1,032,132
(Note: discoveries of 2003 and 2004 have vastly increased the oil reserves of both Canada and Australia. They both seem to harbor more oil than Iraq and both may be able to compete with Saudi Arabia)
Production
(millions of barrels per day):
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Saudi Arabia: 8.528
United States: 8.091
Russia: 7.014
Iran: 3.775
Mexico: 3.560
Norway: 3.408
China: 3.297
Venezuela: 3.137
Canada: 2.749
United Arab Emirates: 2.550
United Kingdom: 2.540
Iraq: 2.377
Nigeria: 2.223
Kuwait: 1.838
Brazil: 1.589
Algeria: 1.486
Libya: 1.427
Indonesia: 1.384
Oman: .964
Argentina: 825
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World: 75.226
World Annual: 28,180 Consumption
(Millions of barrels per day):
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United States: 19.993
Japan: 5.423
China: 4.854
Germany: 2.814
Russia: 2.531
South Korea: 2.126
Brazil: 2.123
Canada: 2.048
France: 2.040
India: 2.011
Mexico: 1.932
Italy: 1.881
United Kingdom: 1.699
Spain: 1.465
SaudiArabia: 1.415
Iran: 1.109
Indonesia: 1.063
Netherlands: .881
Australia: .879
Taiwan: .846
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World: 75.988
World Annual: 28,460
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