Website review: Muslim true/false - Los Angeles Ti...
tsha discovered this in Sociology
•15 reviews since Apr 13, 2008
sociology, islam, ignorance
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tsha discovered 3 months ago- From the page: "How much do Americans know about the views and beliefs of Muslims around the world? According to polls, not much. Perhaps not surprising, the majority of Americans (66%) admit to having at least some prejudice against Muslims; one in five say they have "a great deal" of prejudice. Almost half do not believe American Muslims are "loyal" to this country, and one in four do not want a Muslim as a neighbor. ...For instance, Gallup found that 72% of Americans disagreed with this statement: "The majority of those living in Muslim countries thought men and women should have equal rights." In fact, majorities in even some of the most conservative Muslim societies directly refute this assessment: 73% of Saudis, 89% of Iranians and 94% of Indonesians say that men and women should have equal legal rights."
- adarsh-seeker rated 3 months ago
- Very Insightful...
- dragonlatino rated 3 months ago
- I have the misfortune of living in a muslim neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. Didn't have any prejudice against them, but all that changed. They are full of hatred, and they have a complete disregard for their non-muslim neighbors.
- ANDYBCUTBIRTH rated 3 months ago
- interesting stuff
- hatchellj rated 3 months ago
- As soon as I see actual results in places in like Iran and Saudi when it comes to some semblance of equality between the sexes I'll be the first to defend Islam. The surveys may say that they want equal legal rights (what about social rights?) for women but how is this reflected in their government? As long as they are complacent in such atrocities against half their population committed by their government AND private individuals, I cannot view Muslims without bias or some distaste.
- Sealight rated 3 months ago
- Indigio has pointed out the facts. Islamist, even if they are only 7% are enough to do tremendous damage. The vast majority of humans are sheep. 5000 well trained men with a deep belief in their cause can topple a civilization.
- omeryusaf rated 3 months ago
- From the page: " Anti-Muslim sentiment fuels misinformation, and is fueled by it -- misinformation that is squarely contradicted by evidence"
- joyousdawn rated 3 months ago
- From the page: Still, the typical American cannot be blamed for these misperceptions. Media-content analyses show that the majority of U.S. TV news coverage of Islam is sharply negative. Americans are bombarded every day with news stories about Muslims and majority-Muslim countries in which vocal extremists, not evidence, drive perceptions. Rather than allow extremists on either side to dictate how we discuss Islam and the West, we need to listen carefully to the voices of ordinary people.
- indiglo rated 3 months ago
- Muslims are wonderful! That's why they blow themselves up to kill other people! Of course, there is no conceivable way that perhaps people might answer a survey differently than the way they really think, to make themselves look better. That would be ridiculous.
The people who like this article need to read it more carefully. Take this for example: "Moreover, it's politics, not piety, that drives the small minority -- just 7% -- of Muslims to anti-Americanism at the level of condoning the attacks of 9/11." See what they did there? They tried to make it sound all cheery with the "just 7%" part, like it isn't a big deal. This is 100,000,000+ people that CONDONE the 9/11 attacks. That isn't a problem? It seems like one to me.
The disgusting part about you people is that even if I agree: "Yeah, Muslims are not that bad" and instead argue that it is specifically radical middle-easterner muslims that are the problem, you will still cry and whine about how unfair it is to "stereotype" and "judge" people based on their race/religion/nationality/etc. You know what? You need to learn that there is such a thing as bad people, based on their cultures and what they support. Not every class is equal. - Muslims are wonderful! That's why they blow themselves up to kill other people! Of course, there is no conceivable way that perhaps people might answer a survey differently than the way they really think, to make themselves look better. That would be ridiculous.
- liltinybus rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "Winning hearts and minds -- the Bush administration, foreign policy wonks, even the U.S. military agree that this is the key to any victory over global terrorism. Yet our public diplomacy program has made little progress on improving America's image. Few seem to recognize that American ignorance of Islam and Muslims has been the fatal flaw. How much do Americans know about the views and beliefs of Muslims around the world? According to polls, not much. Perhaps not surprising, the majority of Americans (66%) admit to having at least some prejudice against Muslims; one in five say they have "a great deal" of prejudice. Almost half do not believe American Muslims are "loyal" to this country, and one in four do not want a Muslim as a neighbor. Why should such anti-Muslim bias concern us? First, it undermines the war on terrorism: Situations are misdiagnosed, root causes are misidentified and bad prescriptions do more harm than good. Second, it makes our public diplomacy sound like double-talk. U.S. diplomats are trying to convince Muslims around the world that the United States respects them and that the war on terrorism is not out to destroy Islam. Their task is made infinitely more difficult by the frequent airing of anti-Muslim sentiment on right-wing call-in radio, which is then heard around the world on the Internet."
