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| bhaloo |
| 12/17/02 at 09:20:00 |
| [slm] http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2002-02/27/article05.shtml PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Residents of nine Muslim countries called the United States "ruthless and arrogant" in a new poll, with most describing themselves as "resentful" of the superpower, the CNN news online service reported. A Gallup poll found that by a 2-to-1 margin, residents in these nations express an unfavorable opinion of the United States, and a majority also indicated their displeasure with U.S. President George W. Bush. Most Muslims surveyed expressed the view that the September 11 attacks on the United States were not justified morally, but larger majorities labeled U.S. military action in Afghanistan "morally unjustifiable." An overwhelming sixty-one percent said they did not believe Arab groups carried out the September 11 attacks. Researchers conducted personal interviews with 9,924 residents of Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to measure public opinion in those countries following the September 11 attacks. About half of the world's Muslim population lives in those nine countries. The overall view was not a positive one for the United States: 53 percent of the people questioned had unfavorable opinions of the United States, while 22 percent had favorable opinions. Most respondents said they thought the United States was aggressive and biased towards Islamic values. Specifically, they cited a bias against Palestinians. They also view American values as deeply materialist and secular and American culture as a corrupting influence on their societies, the poll found. Residents of Lebanon had the highest favorable opinion of the United States, at 41 percent, followed by NATO ally, Turkey, with 40 percent. The lowest numbers came from Pakistan, at 5 percent. Twenty-eight percent of Kuwaitis, 27 percent of Indonesians, 22 percent of Jordanians, 22 percent of Moroccans, 16 percent of Saudi Arabians and 14 percent of Iranians surveyed had a favorable view of the United States. On Bush, 58 percent of those surveyed had unfavorable opinions, compared with 11 percent who had favorable views. Of those surveyed, 67 percent saw the September 11 attacks as morally unjustified, while 15 percent of the respondents said they were morally justified. But 77 percent said the U.S. military action in Afghanistan was morally unjustified, compared with 9 percent who said it was morally justified. Many blamed Israel or the United States, the paper said, strengthening evidence of a huge gulf between the West and Islamic countries over the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The interviews were conducted between December and January. The respondents were randomly selected and did not know a U.S. firm was sponsoring the poll. Gallup did not immediately make the findings public. |
| Re: Majority Of Muslims Think U.S. “Ruthless”, “Ar |
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| yunus |
| 12/19/02 at 21:42:06 |
| sometimes the truth hurts the US government is ruthless imperialistic and apathetic to anyone except those that they can exploit there needs to be drastice change here now |
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