{"id":1885,"date":"2004-04-07T01:05:21","date_gmt":"2004-04-07T06:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2004-04-07T01:05:21","modified_gmt":"2004-04-07T06:05:21","slug":"survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/","title":{"rendered":": Survey Says: American Muslims Are Liberal, Religious, Dislike Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/muslim_girls.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you consider Detroit-area Muslims representative of American Muslims overall, then a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.axcessnews.com%2Fnational_040604.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recent study<\/a> of American Muslim attitudes might be of interest to you.  According to the study, commissioned by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispu.us%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Institute for Policy Study and Understanding<\/a>, Muslims generally agree on some basic principles: have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.detnews.com%2F2004%2Freligion%2F0404%2F06%2Fb01-114176.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">flexible approach<\/a> to Islam, be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Farticles%2F2004%2F04%2F06%2Fsurvey_sees_muslim_eye_on_politics\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">involved<\/a> in community affairs and politics, and get George Bush out of office.  The survey reveals that the events of 9\/11 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com%2Fnews%2Fstatewire%2Fsw95704_20040406.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shifted<\/a> the public policy focus of Muslims from foreign policy in the Middle East to domestic issues such as civil rights and education.  Over 80% of those surveyed favored universal health care, environmentalism, and affirmative action, and 93% felt that Muslims should be involved with non-Muslims in community service projects.  \u201cThere is definitely a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Famericas%2F3604881.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">growing interest<\/a> in the Muslims in America to become more involved in the political process,\u201d said Jane Smith, a professor at Hartford Seminary\u2019s Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations.  \u201c[The survey] tells the American public that mosque communities in America are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com%2FnewsArticle.jhtml%3Ftype%3DreutersEdge%26storyID%3D4765825\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">not radicals<\/a>,\u201d says Ihsan Bagby, lead researcher on the project and an associate professor of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky. \u201cThey are not a breeding ground for terrorists and extremists.\u201d  The organizers of the study selected 12 mosques with a diverse ethnic and demographic mix and found that the average Muslim was a married 34-year-old with children, a college degree and a salary of about $75,000 a year. About 68 percent of the eligible voters are registered to vote.  \u201cThis is not a community that wants to be isolated.\u201d  said Bagby.  \u201cThis is a community that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com%2Fstory%2F144%2Fstory_14404_1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">wants to be part<\/a> of the mainstream.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results of a recent poll might not be news to American Muslims, but it does confirm the moderate, politically involved image of recent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Survey Says: American Muslims Are Liberal, Religious, Dislike Bush<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Results of a recent poll might not be news to American Muslims, but it does confirm the moderate, politically involved image of recent times.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": Survey Says: American Muslims Are Liberal, Religious, Dislike Bush\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Results of a recent poll might not be news to American Muslims, but it does confirm the moderate, politically involved image of recent times.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2004-04-07T06:05:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/muslim_girls.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/\",\"name\":\": Survey Says: American Muslims Are Liberal, Religious, Dislike Bush\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2004-04-07T06:05:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2004-04-07T06:05:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"Results of a recent poll might not be news to American Muslims, but it does confirm the moderate, politically involved image of recent times.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/survey_says_american_muslims_are_liberal_religious_dislike_bush\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": Survey Says: American Muslims Are Liberal, Religious, Dislike Bush\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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