Anti-Islam Rhetoric

American’s View of Muslim World Bleak

A recent poll reveals that only one in five Americans has a positive view of Muslim nations. Another poll shows that 46 percent of people asked have a negative view of Muslim nations. The poll also revealed that most Americans believe that Muslim countries have a negative view of Americans. The poll showed that people are split almost down the middle about whether it matters if Muslim nations have a favorable view of America. 53 percent of those questions said that it does matter; while 47 percent said that it does not matter.

President Obama said at a town hall meeting in Turkey that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam and 62 percent of Americans agree with that statement. Six out of ten people said that they believed that the Muslim world thinks they are at war with America. While the American view of Islam has improved since President Obama took office, it is far from positive.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/02/us.muslims.poll/index.html

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