What do a billion Muslims really think?

"The Gallup Poll of the Muslim World is the most comprehensive study ever done of this group - many of the key results counter conventional wisdom". The CSMonitor has a brief overview of some of the study results - see also the website for the resulting Gallup Press book "Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think" (John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed) - the site also includes excerpts and summaries of the core data used.

One of the core questions posed by the study - "is Islam to blame for terrorism?" - will hopefully help educate and inform otherwise naive people who are often sucked in by hate-and-ignorance powered sites like "the religion of peace" (I'm not going to do them the favour of linking to their website - Google the name if you want to find it - but be warned, it's ugly).

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