Friday, March 11, 2005

Love Thy Neighbor

A recent study by Cornell of American attitudes towards Islam found that the 'highly religious' in our midst were somewhat less charitable than those who are 'not very religious'. Some findings:


  • 42% of the highly religious (hr) believe that Muslims should register their whereabouts with the government; 15% of the not very religious (nvr) believe this.

  • 34% of the hr believe that the government should monitor mosques and other Islamic gathering places; 13% of the nvr think the same.

  • 40% of the hr believe that the government should infiltrate Islamic organizations; 19% of the nvr agree.


And 65% of the hr believe that Islam is more likely to encourage violence than other religions. Savonarola, Anne Hutchison, the Crusaders, etc. would agree, I'm sure.

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