Apples and Pears: Poll results prove nothing re: moderation
Reader comment on item: The Moderation of American Muslims

Submitted by David Guy (Israel), Apr 9, 2004 at 02:20

Dear Mr. Pipes,
The link to the whole Bagby survey is down. However the numbers from the survey do NOT prove your point. That is, you can espouse all these positions and still be moderate, i.e. non-violent and non-seditious. My comments in <>.

By a ratio of 67 to 33, Muslims in the United States think "America is immoral."
< A survey in Ameriica's Bible Belt would reach roughly the same conclusion.>

About (the graph does not allow complete precision) 90 percent of Muslims favor universal health care.


Fully 79 percent favor affirmative action for minorities.


Asked about the job being done as president by George W. Bush, 85 percent of Muslims disapprove and a mere 4 percent approve.
< So they will all vote Democrat!>

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