Fifty-three percent of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of Islam
Evidence
Eight years after the attacks, polls reflect continued misunderstanding of Islam and Arabs that further contributes to negative stereotypes. … Fifty-three percent of Americans, for example, express a “not too favorable” or “not favorable at all” opinion about Islam. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt, 426
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Courts dismiss anti-Muslim harassment as stray remarks excused as ignorance or protected political speech — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 427; Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754; Americans were nearly evenly split in their views of Islam in 2011 — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1616 (+2 more)
Related
- Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.89)
- Americans were nearly evenly split in their views of Islam in 2011 (similarity 0.86)
- Most Americans hold moderate mixed views on religion’s role in public life (similarity 0.85)
- Majorities in several Western countries hold negative views of Islam. (similarity 0.84)
- Nearly half of American Muslims experienced anti-Muslim discrimination within a single year. (similarity 0.83)
- Nearly half of Americans believed Islam encourages violence in 2010 (similarity 0.82)
- A third to two-fifths of Americans endorse special restrictions on Muslims. (similarity 0.81)
- Nearly half of Americans held low opinions of Jews in 1938 (similarity 0.81)
- American anti-Muslim sentiment is old but stayed politically latent until recently (similarity 0.81)
- Sustained negative media discourse has shifted American public opinion against Muslims (similarity 0.80)
- 53% of Americans think that coverage of Islam and Muslims by American news organizations is generally unfair to Muslims and Islam. (similarity 0.80)
- American Islamophobic attitudes sharply worsened in the decade after 2001. (similarity 0.80)
- A minority of Americans and Britons valued Islam despite dominant fear-based publications. (similarity 0.80)
- The editor defines Islamophobia as largely unwarranted social anxiety, not mere prejudice (similarity 0.79)
- Seventy percent of Jewish Americans reject that Muslims sympathize with al-Qaeda (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims
#expands(0.90) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754 - Americans were nearly evenly split in their views of Islam in 2011
#qualifies(0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1616 - Majorities of Americans endorsed profiling Muslims even while viewing Islam favorably
#contradicts(0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 82