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I found this poll along with an article about changing views on Islam in Norway in the wake of the cartoon protests.
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10848
Has the uproar over the cartoons changed your opinion on Islam as a religion?
Yes, I am more sceptical today
47.8%
Yes, I am less sceptical today
6.5%
My opinion has not changed
36.7%
Source: InFact / Verdens Gang
Methodology: Interviews with 1,006 Norwegian adults, conducted on Feb. 7, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
In addition to this, I also found a great article suggesting a similar change in opinion throughout Europe and as the reporter put it, a change in the US/Europe Bad-Cop/Good-Cop role regarding the islamic world. (Lack of certain capitalizations MY emphases in all cases :))
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/10/MNG00H62GN1.DTL
This article is all the more interesting as it is from the San Franciso Chronicle's "Gate" publication, which is usually a bit more dhimmified, in my opinion.
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Changing Views On Islam In Norway
I found this poll along with an article about changing views on Islam in Norway in the wake of the cartoon protests.
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10848
Has the uproar over the cartoons changed your opinion on Islam as a religion?
Yes, I am more sceptical today
47.8%
Yes, I am less sceptical today
6.5%
My opinion has not changed
36.7%
Source: InFact / Verdens Gang
Methodology: Interviews with 1,006 Norwegian adults, conducted on Feb. 7, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
In addition to this, I also found a great article suggesting a similar change in opinion throughout Europe and as the reporter put it, a change in the US/Europe Bad-Cop/Good-Cop role regarding the islamic world. (Lack of certain capitalizations MY emphases in all cases :))
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/10/MNG00H62GN1.DTL
This article is all the more interesting as it is from the San Franciso Chronicle's "Gate" publication, which is usually a bit more dhimmified, in my opinion.
- Britons Oppose Islamic Veils
Let's face it, most of us would not oppose the Hijab (Islamic head-covering which allows the face to show). I think the Hijab is ugly, but a lot of things are not to my taste. I am willing to put up with them in the name of Freedom. The Burqa (Islamic...
- Fjordman Believes Europe Is Finally Waking Up
This morning I posted about how we had a spike in European traffic during the Cartoon Intifada, and that we have just recently experienced another spike in Euro-traffic in the wake of the recent terror arrests in Britain and Canada. I noted that I thought...
- Dutch Say Islam Is Incompatible With Modern Europe
A new poll shows the Dutch citizenry gets it. 63% say Islam is incompatible with modern Europe. Check out this report from polling firm, Angus-Reid Consultants: Many adults in the Netherlands hold strong views on the way Muslims adapt to the European...
- Norway Bans "blashphemy"
This is the worst news I could have read, and believe me, I've been reading all of the same news that you all have! From: http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-02/15/article04.shtml By Farahat Al-Abbar, IOL Correspondent DOHA, February, 15...
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Jeremy Spoke In Class Today Ansar al-Islam declares war on the whole Infidel world. Just to be clear that means you and me: Yesterday (Thursday) Mullah Krekar, the alleged leader of the Islamist group Ansar al-Islam who has been living in Norway as...