Results of Fear Based Politics
Cornell University Study on Civil Liberties, views of Islam and Muslims in the US
This report actually came out last week sometime, Friday I think. The link below takes you to the summary of the most recent survey conducted regarding the restriction of Civil Liberties, views of Islam, and Muslim Americans. The results are overwhelmingly depressing. Almost half of those questioned agree that there should be restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslims in the US, and about a quarter agree that Muslims should be made to register their names and whereabouts to the federal government.
It should be mentioned that this survey only measured opinions of people who identify as Christian, Agnostic, or Athiest though party affiliation is more comprehensive. I'm not clear on why the only religion they focused on Christianity, but I do understand that that is the predominant religion in the US.
Now, I'm not one to bring up the Holocaust when it's inappropriate, but I do think this survey gives a part of the answer to those who wondered how things got such out of hand. It all begins in stages, and this is the stage we're in now. What next, I wonder.
My questions were answered in the last week, after the release of this survey I might add.
1. This was a letter written to a Muslim school in Texas that was seeking membership in an association of Private and Parachial Schools. Read the questions they ask the school to respond to. Now, I understand that associations can deny membership to anyone they want. I just would hope that the reasons make sense and aren't based in hatred or fear. What do you think the relationship between that Muslim school and this collective of others will be from now on?
Letter from TAPPS to local Muslim school seeking membership
2- A pregnant Muslim woman in New Orleans was brutally stabbed 33 times in her home. She's a known Muslim leader and teacher in her community, and nothing was taken from her home, leading some to wonder whether this is a hate crime. I think it's highly possible.
New Orleans Muslim Teacher stabbed
3-I was going to put another recent story (a bloody murder), but I can't find it anywhere online. And I don't report word of mouth rumors.
Oh, yeah.... happy new year folks.
This report actually came out last week sometime, Friday I think. The link below takes you to the summary of the most recent survey conducted regarding the restriction of Civil Liberties, views of Islam, and Muslim Americans. The results are overwhelmingly depressing. Almost half of those questioned agree that there should be restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslims in the US, and about a quarter agree that Muslims should be made to register their names and whereabouts to the federal government.
It should be mentioned that this survey only measured opinions of people who identify as Christian, Agnostic, or Athiest though party affiliation is more comprehensive. I'm not clear on why the only religion they focused on Christianity, but I do understand that that is the predominant religion in the US.
Now, I'm not one to bring up the Holocaust when it's inappropriate, but I do think this survey gives a part of the answer to those who wondered how things got such out of hand. It all begins in stages, and this is the stage we're in now. What next, I wonder.
My questions were answered in the last week, after the release of this survey I might add.
1. This was a letter written to a Muslim school in Texas that was seeking membership in an association of Private and Parachial Schools. Read the questions they ask the school to respond to. Now, I understand that associations can deny membership to anyone they want. I just would hope that the reasons make sense and aren't based in hatred or fear. What do you think the relationship between that Muslim school and this collective of others will be from now on?
Letter from TAPPS to local Muslim school seeking membership
2- A pregnant Muslim woman in New Orleans was brutally stabbed 33 times in her home. She's a known Muslim leader and teacher in her community, and nothing was taken from her home, leading some to wonder whether this is a hate crime. I think it's highly possible.
New Orleans Muslim Teacher stabbed
3-I was going to put another recent story (a bloody murder), but I can't find it anywhere online. And I don't report word of mouth rumors.
Oh, yeah.... happy new year folks.
posted by smokey spice at 1:40 PM
2 Comments:
Scary stuff you have here smokey, i'm sending a copy of the TAPPS letter to all my friends!
Happy New Year and thanks for your message, you can send me emails you know at frommyrock@yahoo.com...I also have it on the blog.
I know it's scary Highlander. I'm not sure what to think at the moment. A quarter of the population agreeing that Muslims should register with the feds is too high a percentage to ignore. I wonder if this is what they call growing pains.
Any statisticians out there with some enlightening analysis of the survey?
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