Pew Survey: US Muslims 'Mainstream?'

As you read this report, and are tempted to embrace solopsism, keep these previous posts fresh in your mind. Then decide you/when to trust:

Taqiyya about Taqiyya (Jihad Watch)
An Islamic apologist lies about lying.

MUST READ: a PEACEFUL majority is irrelevent in the face of fanaticism

http://jillosophy.blogspot.com/2007/05/must-read-peaceful-majority-is.html

"Hudaibiya" is a well-understood code-word which, in brief, means
"Kiss the hand of your enemy until you can cut it off."

http://jillosophy.blogspot.com/2006/12/islamofascist-word-of-day-hudaibiya.html

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A new Pew Research survey on Muslims in the United States is not all bad news

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Muslim Americans reject Islamic extremism by larger margins than do Muslim minorities in Western European countries. However, there is somewhat more acceptance of Islamic extremism in some segments of the U.S. Muslim public than others. Fewer native-born African American Muslims than others completely condemn al Qaeda. In addition, younger Muslims in the U.S. are much more likely than older Muslim Americans to say that suicide bombing in the defense of Islam can be at least sometimes justified. Nonetheless, absolute levels of support for Islamic extremism among Muslim Americans are quite low, especially when compared with Muslims around the world.
A majority of Muslim Americans (53%) say it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Most also believe that the government “singles out” Muslims for increased surveillance and monitoring.
Relatively few Muslim Americans believe the U.S.-led war on terror is a sincere effort to reduce terrorism, and many doubt that Arabs were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Just 40% of Muslim Americans say groups of Arabs carried out those attacks...

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=25581_Pew_Survey-_US_Muslims_Mainstream&only