American's Divided on Impressions About Islam, Including American Muslims
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By Tahlib
MASSACHUSETTS---In the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings, the attention of the media and the American public quickly turned toward the Islamic faith of terrorist figures Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A recent Barna study suggests that Americans of all ages are fairly split on how they perceive Islam, though not too surprisingly, the general trend reveals both older Americans and Republicans have a less positive impression of Muslims. Only one-third of Americans (33%) have a favorable perception of Islam, while slightly more (36%) say they have an unfavorable perception of the religion. Add to that the 31% who don’t know what they think about Islam, and you have a nation decidedly divided on how to deal with a religion that includes 1.57 billion followers worldwide.
By Tahlib
MASSACHUSETTS---In the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings, the attention of the media and the American public quickly turned toward the Islamic faith of terrorist figures Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. A recent Barna study suggests that Americans of all ages are fairly split on how they perceive Islam, though not too surprisingly, the general trend reveals both older Americans and Republicans have a less positive impression of Muslims. Only one-third of Americans (33%) have a favorable perception of Islam, while slightly more (36%) say they have an unfavorable perception of the religion. Add to that the 31% who don’t know what they think about Islam, and you have a nation decidedly divided on how to deal with a religion that includes 1.57 billion followers worldwide.
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