points out<\/a> that the nine countries surveyed represent only 40% of the world\u2019s Muslim population. Furthermore, news stories on CNN and USA Today based on the Gallup poll reported results in the aggregate \u201cwithout regard to the population of the countries they represent.\u201d In other words, Kuwait, with less than 2 million Muslims, was \u201ctreated the same as Indonesia, which has over 200 million Muslims\u201d in the aggregate, thus skewing the average to look more negative. But since the damage has been done, this review appears to be only a footnote. <\/p>\n<\/i><\/p>\n
Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n
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