Egyptians want more Islam in politics: Poll

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Turk friends, sakin olunuz; lutfen.

Dont fight over personal views, agree to disagree if need be.

 

[SekrutYakhni]

We should have in depth discussion about religion vs state
Is Islam secular?

Alas, I don't believe in history in certain cases...

History is written by powerful men, they say..

 

[ephone]

Whatever the religion it may be, if it does not respect women fully and protect and grant women fully with full rights, it should be banned totally.

 

[tiger1000]

On traditional Muslim practices
Should men and women be segregated in the workplace? 54 per cent said “yes” and 44 per cent “no.”

Should adulterers be stoned? 82 per cent said “yes.”

Should apostates from Islam face the death penalty? 84 per cent said “yes.”

Should thieves be flogged or have their hands cut off? 77 per cent said “yes.”

On democracy
Is democracy preferable to any other kind of government? 59 per cent said “yes.”

Can a non-democratic system be preferrable in certain circumstances? 22 per cent said “yes.”

Is it irrelevant to you what kind of government you have? 16 per cent said “yes.”


The report can be read on Pew Research Center’s website here.

What bothers me most about this survey , are those answers in red . I support freedom and democracy, but when it comes to the Middle East , i don't care . Democracy will fail in those islamic countries . Sooner or later the muslim extremists will take over

 

[ephone]

Egyptians want more Islam in politics: Poll​

PARIS: Egyptians want Islam to play a large role in politics, reject radical Islam and think democracy is the best political system, according to poll data collected in Muslim countries last year.
The data, published by the US based Pew Research Center in December, gives an idea of Egyptian public opinion before the current protests there broke out.
Collected in April and May of last year for Pew’s Global Attitudes Project, the report described Muslim attitudes about religion in politics in seven countries — Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
A sample group of 1,000 was surveyed in face-to-face interviews. Here are the data for Egyptian responses:
On Islam in politics
Is it good that Islam plays a large role in politics? 95 per cent said “yes” and 2 per cent “bad.”

Is Islam’s influence in politics positive or negative? 85 per cent said “positive,” 2 per cent said “negative.”

How much of a role does Islam play in Egyptian politics now? 48 per cent said “large” and 49 per cent said “small.”

Is there a struggle between groups that want to modernize Egypt and Islamic fundamentalists? 31 per cent said “yes.” Of them, 27 per cent described themselves as modernisers and 59 per cent called themselves fundamentalists.

On Islamic extremism
Are suicide bombings justified? 46 per cent said “never,” 34 per cent “rarely,” 12 per cent “sometimes” and 8 per cent “often.” (NOTE: Support for suicide bombing has dropped since 2006, when 28 per cent said they were justified sometimes or often.)

Are you concerned about Islamic extremism in the world? 70 per cent said they were “very concerned” or “concerned.”

Are you concerned about Islamic extremism in Egypt? 61 per cent said they were “very concerned” or “concerned.”

On Foreign Islamic movements
What do you think of Hamas? 49 per cent were favourable.

What do you think of Hezbollah? 30 per cent were favourable.

What do you think of al Qaeda? 20 per cent were favourable.

Do you have confidence in Osama bin Laden? 19 per cent said “some” or “a lot,” 73 per cent said “not much” or “none.” (NOTE: Confidence in bin Laden has fallen from 27 per cent in 2006).

On traditional Muslim practices
Should men and women be segregated in the workplace? 54 per cent said “yes” and 44 per cent “no.”

Should adulterers be stoned? 82 per cent said “yes.”

Should apostates from Islam face the death penalty? 84 per cent said “yes.”

Should thieves be flogged or have their hands cut off? 77 per cent said “yes.”

On democracy
Is democracy preferable to any other kind of government? 59 per cent said “yes.”

Can a non-democratic system be preferrable in certain circumstances? 22 per cent said “yes.”

Is it irrelevant to you what kind of government you have? 16 per cent said “yes.”


The report can be read on Pew Research Center’s website here.

"Should adulterers be stoned? 82 per cent said “yes.”

Should apostates from Islam face the death penalty? 84 per cent said “yes.”

Should thieves be flogged or have their hands cut off? 77 per cent said “yes.”"

That is what Muslim in China is different from what elsewhere that has that brutal practices.

In China, if you have practiced those brutal acts according to that, you will get yourself a bullet in the head by our government. I will surely applaud that we get rid of another fanatics.