A majority of Muslims around the world want Islam to play a big role in their countries' political life. Here are some of the other findings of a new poll from the Pew Research Center:
Pakistani Muslims said they would support laws that would separate men and women at work.
Most Muslims in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Nigeria want to change the law to allow stoning for adultery, hand amputation for theft and death for those who convert from Islam to another religion.
Even in Turkey, where 74% of Muslims say they are not fundamentalists, more than half are in favor of combining Islam and politics.
In Lebanon 84% say they are moderates.
59% in Egypt identify with fundamentalists.
58% in Nigeria identify with the fundamentalists.
Hamas and Hezbollah are supported in Jordon and Lebanon.
Al Qaeda was rejected by strong majorities in every Muslim country. Nigeria was the exception. Muslims there gave the group a 49% approval rating.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for Pakistan and 4 percentage points for the other countries.
Monday, December 6, 2010
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