Saturday, March 12, 2011

Seventeen Percent of American Voters Believe Muslims Are Treated Unfairly

Despite incessant complaints of "racism," "bigotry," and "Islamophobia" from the media, politicians, and Muslim organizations, most Americans aren't convinced that Muslim Americans are being treated unfairly.

Rasmussen Reports--Most voters don’t believe their fellow citizens are unfair to Muslim Americans. They also think Muslims in this country should be louder in their criticism of potential domestic terrorist attacks.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 17% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that most Muslims in America are treated unfairly because of their religion and ethnicity. Sixty-three percent (63%) disagree and say they are not treated unfairly while 20% are not sure.

A plurality (49%) of liberal voters, however, says there is bias against Muslim Americans. Eighty-one percent (81%) of conservatives and 57% of moderates disagree.

But only 10% of all voters think American Muslims are speaking out enough against potential terrorist attacks in the United States. Fifty-seven percent (57%) disagree and say they are not speaking out enough. One-in-three voters (34%) are not sure. (Source)

3 comments:

Jabari said...

Muslims are treated fairly in this country, they are only mad because they aren't dominant in this country (and they never will be God forbid).

GreekAsianPanda said...

Does the fact that few Americans believe Muslims are treated unfairly make it untrue or something?

David Wood said...

GAP said: "Does the fact that few Americans believe Muslims are treated unfairly make it untrue or something?"

It means that despite constant bombardment by the media and Muslim organizations, people aren't buying the "Islamophbia/bigotry/racism" myth.