Muslims in America are much less inclined to support suicide bombing than other Muslims abroad, and are more likely to believe that people of other faiths can attain eternal life in heaven, according to a new report released Tuesday (April 30) by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
“The World’s Muslims” report looks at Muslim views across seven categories: Islamic law; religion and politics; morality; women; relations among Muslims; interfaith relations; and religion, science, and pop culture. There is also a special section on U.S. Muslims.
I ma not sure this is the good news intended by the writer. I wonder what the take would be if Christians polled the same way. Only 7% of Christians believe in suicide bombing of innocent folks to defend their religion, etc.
Well, there’s a shocker…
As noted at the end of the article, this is a consolidation of several surveys. I imagine the logistics of conducting surveys in some countries makes it hard to do an international survey of this subject in a single year. The American data comes from a 2011 survey. I would also note that 13%, not 8, indicated they were OK with suicide bombers targeting civilians and an additional 6% did not know or refused to answer.