Study Shows Divide Between Muslims, West

[Eugene]

Study Shows Divide Between Muslims, West

By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
Thursday, June 22, 2006; 2:08 PM

WASHINGTON -- Muslims view people from the West, especially the United States and Europe,
as selfish, immoral and greedy. People from the U.S. and Europe view Muslims as arrogant,
violent and intolerant.

The deep divide between Muslims and the West was clearly illustrated in the findings
of a new 15-country poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

A solid majority in most of the 15 countries polled, both in Europe and in the Mideast, said
that relations between Muslims and Westerners are generally bad. While 55 percent of people
in the United States, felt that way, two-thirds or more of the people in Germany and France
took a dim view of relations between Muslims and the West.

And each side blames the other.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062200924.html

[1monster]

1. "And each side blames the other."

And I'd say both are right. Each side is at fault.

[Igel]

2. Non-homogenized source:

http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=253

On edit: some bits are downright hilarious, in a macabre way; others, you simply have to wonder about.

Who's to blame for bad relations? 10% of *Indonesians* say "Jews". About of quarter of Jordanians and Egyptians. But these are surely low-ball numbers, since the respondents had to assert that answer in the context of "westerners", "Muslims", "both", "neither".