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Old 08-12-2010, 01:06 PM   #26
Gcromqgb

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It's a yawn moment in the sense that the OP is involved in the archetypical right wing disinformation about Islam. Islam is as diverse as Christianity and what better to illustrate that than the actual poll upon which the OP is allegedly based.

Either the OP knowingly distorts the poll or the OP stupidly copies some Islamophobic shite from a blog without even consulting the poll. Either is typical of a certain mentality that is reminiscent of earlier such eras and it's that part that gets boring quickly.

As for the numbers themselves -which are actually outside of the scope of the OP- it's clear that secularization in Islam (see Turkey) has been as effective as it has been in Christianity in order to get rid of the antediluvian ideas that exist in all the revelationary religions.

I have to wonder though what the exact question is that was posed. When one compares the part of the poll you linked with this:



we have in Jordan 81% of the population supporting democracy while at the same time 86% that would favour the death penalty for abdicating Islam. That doesn't make much sense, does it ? Either of the questions must have been phrased in a way that the apparent contradiction wasn't such for the interviewee.

Another result that causes frowns about the methodology is the huge disparity between Jordan and Lebanon (86 vs. 6%). That is very strange given the many similarities and proximity between the countries.
Agreed with your assessment above.

But Jordan and Lebanon have nearly no similarities at all, bar being close to one another.

So, with nearly 6 mio inhabitants, Jordan is to nearly 94 % sunni muslim.

Lebanon is 35 % christian, the muslims are split 50/50 in sunni and shiite.
Also, by constitution, the head of state in Lebanon must be a maronite christian and the chief of the armed forces a christian of any denomination bar maronite.

Here´s a link to a Merian set of photos about Beiruts scene.
Picture that in Jordan (where I, revealing my german identity, am confronted with an enthusiast Nazi-salute on nearly every transit by soldiers in the airport).

Beirut: In Partylaune - Merian - - Reiseziele
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