SURVEY: U.S. MUSLIMS ASSIMILATED, OPPOSED TO EXTREMISM [+] serious ballot by cranky ACTIVE Wed May 23, 07 - Mon Feb 15, 10 Survey: U.S. Muslims Assimilated, Opposed to Extremism Washington Post, May 23, 2007 Unlike Muslim minorities in many European countries, U.S. Muslims are highly assimilated, close to parity with other Americans in income and overwhelmingly opposed to Islamic extremism, according to the first major, nationwide random survey of Muslims. The survey by the Pew Research Center found that 78 percent of U.S. Muslims said the use of suicide bombings against civilian targets to defend Islam is never justified. But 5 percent said it is justified "rarely," 7 percent said "sometimes," and 1 percent said "often"; the remaining 9 percent said they did not know or declined to answer. Titled "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream," the Pew report draws a picture of a diverse population of about 2.35 million U.S. Muslims, of which two-thirds of the adults were born abroad, and which has a generally positive view of the larger society. Most call their communities good or excellent places to live, and most report that a large portion of their closest friends are non-Muslims. They are slightly more satisfied than the general public is with the state of the nation. On balance, they believe that Muslims coming to the United States should adopt American customs, rather than trying to remain distinct. And they are even more inclined than other Americans to say that people who want to get ahead can make it if they work hard; 71 percent of U.S. Muslims agreed with that statement, compared with 64 percent of the general public. "What emerges is the great success of the Muslim American population in its socioeconomic assimilation," said Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University who was a senior adviser on the poll. "Given that for the past few years they've been dealing with the backlash from 9/11, these numbers are extremely impressive." * * * * * * * * Are you surprised to see that Muslims in the U.S. are assimilating so well? Yes No I'm a neocon. I will ignore this and continue to spread a message of hate about Muslims this ballot is already up; and the worry is mostly in other countries Register to submit choices Ballot #115109 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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