Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Do the Majority of Muslims Actually Believe What's in the Koran?

Do the Majority of Muslims Actually Believe What's in the Koran?



Do the Majority of Muslims Actually Believe What's in the Koran?

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:42 AM PDT

WE RECENTLY published an article: Self-Righteousness Impedes Our Educational Efforts, and a frequent commenter and long-time reader, Damien, made an excellent point. He wrote:

Citizen Warrior,

Another thing we can do is show that we have the facts on our side, rather than just pulling stuff out of thin air. That way we will be less likely to seem self-righteous. In addition to quoting the really scary stuff from Koran, we can point out, for example, that according to some polling data, most Muslims do not support freedom of religion or the separation of Church and State. People can, after all, ask whether or not a majority of Muslims actually believe what's in the Koran.

Here's a story on such a poll from The LA Times:

Majority of Muslims want Islam in politics, poll says

It also shows that a majority of Muslims support things that most non-Muslims, especially westerners, would find morally abhorrent. In addition, it's even more effective in those instances when the source is a highly a respected one and is considered trustworthy by large numbers of people, and isn't generally thought of as being anti-Islam or anti-Muslim.

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