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Raptor · 08-09-2010, 12:22 PM

That sounds really wrong to me, especially over three quarters of Germans and Spanish thinking "Muslims as a whole are fanatical". Where did you get that?

I checked and found this:

http://pewglobal.org/2005/07/14/isla...stern-publics/

Which shows things such as:

Concerns Over Islamic Extremism (in your own country), "Very/Somewhat Concerned"

US 70%
GB 70%
France 73%
Spain 77%
Germany 78%

Those are pulled from the chart near the end of the page. There's a more detailed chart near the beginning which features the same data but broken down into "very" and "somewhat concerned" as separate entries. And it also shows global concern over Islamic extremism. But basically I find it very hard to believe that in the case of Spain for example, if 77% of people have concerns over Islamic extremism that 83% of people also "think that Muslims as a whole are fanatical" as you said.

Or another Pew 2005 page:

http://pewglobal.org/2006/06/22/the-...-each-other/2/

Rating of Muslims, number of people who have a very or somewhat favourable opinion (see top of page in the link, using 2005 numbers)

GB 72%
France 64%
US 57%
Spain 46%
Germany 40%

Again, while Germany and Spain seem to have a majority unfavourable opinion of Muslims, it's still significantly less than than three quarters with that view.

08-09-2010, 12:22 PM	#5
Raptor Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,419	That sounds really wrong to me, especially over three quarters of Germans and Spanish thinking "Muslims as a whole are fanatical". Where did you get that? I checked and found this: http://pewglobal.org/2005/07/14/isla...stern-publics/ Which shows things such as: Concerns Over Islamic Extremism (in your own country), "Very/Somewhat Concerned" US 70% GB 70% France 73% Spain 77% Germany 78% Those are pulled from the chart near the end of the page. There's a more detailed chart near the beginning which features the same data but broken down into "very" and "somewhat concerned" as separate entries. And it also shows global concern over Islamic extremism. But basically I find it very hard to believe that in the case of Spain for example, if 77% of people have concerns over Islamic extremism that 83% of people also "think that Muslims as a whole are fanatical" as you said. Or another Pew 2005 page: http://pewglobal.org/2006/06/22/the-...-each-other/2/ Rating of Muslims, number of people who have a very or somewhat favourable opinion (see top of page in the link, using 2005 numbers) GB 72% France 64% US 57% Spain 46% Germany 40% Again, while Germany and Spain seem to have a majority unfavourable opinion of Muslims, it's still significantly less than than three quarters with that view.