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If one of the goals of the US war on Iraq was to put the fear of Bush<\/a> in the hearts of the Muslim world, then a new survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project<\/a> reveals that it has been an unqualified success. \u201cSomething that I never thought I\u2019d see and something that is of great concern<\/a> to me,\u201d said survey chair and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, \u201cis that people now fear American power.\u201d Majorities in nearly all the predominantly Muslim countries covered in the survey believe<\/a> that they are next on the list of targets of US military power. Unfavorable ratings go as high as 83% in Indonesia. \u201c Dislike<\/a> of the United States has really deepened and spread throughout the Muslim world,\u201d said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center that oversaw polling. The trends show that opinion of the US dropped sharply<\/a> as war in Iraq became a reality. The survey had some other interesting findings, such as the fact that British Prime Minister Tony Blair has a higher approval rating<\/a> in the US than President George Bush (who also slipped<\/a> in the polls nearly everywhere else in the world). But what really takes the cake is the revelation that many Muslims \u2013 a majority in some Muslim countries \u2013 have confidence in Osama bin Laden to \u201c do the right thing in world affairs<\/a>.\u201d You might be asking yourself what kind of hashish<\/a> these people are smoking, but it\u2019s good to remember that polls are complex things. The same poll, after all, shows that Muslims are enthusiastic<\/a> about Western democratic ideals, freedoms, and globalization, more so than some former Communist countries. Support for bin Laden also doesn\u2019t necessarily translate into support for terror, since many supporters don\u2019t believe<\/a> that he had anything to do with 9\/11. Muslims in the poll also shared a belief<\/a> with the US that it was \u201cnecessary to believe in God to be moral.\u201d Some latched onto these points as a positive starting point. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get there,\u201d said Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) regarding rebuilding relationships<\/a> with the Muslim world, \u201cbut we\u2019re doing it incrementally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n

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