---- John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> The release says "sixty-five percent of self-described highly religious
> people queried." This should mean if they asked a muslim these questions
> they could just as easily say they were highly religious as anyone else. I
> would like to see the answers broken down by religious affiliation rather
> than the vague "self-described highly religious" breakout. I don't see most
> adherents to islam answering this question this way.
> I think islam encourages violence but I think xtianity does too. Same for
> hindus and buddhists and almost all religions.
>
A different release reveals the answer:
"The survey also examined the relation of religiosity to perceptions of Islam and Islamic countries among _Christian_ respondents. Sixty-five percent of self-described highly religious people queried said they view Islam as encouraging violence more than other religions do; in comparison, 42 percent of the respondents who said they were not highly religious saw Islam as encouraging violence. In addition, highly religious respondents also were more likely to describe Islamic countries as violent (64 percent), fanatical (61 percent) and dangerous (64 percent). Fewer of the respondents who said they were not highly religious described Islamic countries as violent (49 percent), fanatical (46 percent) and dangerous (44 percent). But 80 percent of all respondents said they see Islamic countries as being oppressive toward women."