Deze resultaten zijn triest, maar niet geheel onverwacht gezien de opruiing in de Arabische media en de aanhoudende populariteit van complottheorieën. Als de media, imams, politici en ‘wetenschappers’ dag in dag uit beweren en berichten dat de Joden overal achter zitten, en de Arabieren onschuldige slachtoffers zijn van het Westen en/of het zionistische wereldcomplot, dan gaan mensen dat ook geloven. Ondertussen is het narratief dat de Arabieren slachtoffers zijn en het Westen schuld heeft aan hun problemen, ook in het Westen populair en wordt dit beeld tegenover Arabieren door grote groepen bevestigd. Zo wordt Israel wel continu bekritiseerd voor haar fouten, maar de Palestijnen zelden want die leven onder een bezetting en kunnen er dus niks aan doen.
Een dergelijke houding helpt de Arabische wereld niet, integendeel. We moeten een evenwicht vinden tussen demonisering en knuffelen, en leren realistisch naar deze wereld te kijken. Ook dan zullen deze complottheorieën en vijandbeelden van Joden en het Westen nog geruime tijd populair blijven. Ze komen de regimes daar nou eenmaal bijzonder goed uit en passen ook in het wereldbeeld van de islamisten waarin het Westen en de Joden de vijanden zijn van de moslims.
RP
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News flash: Muslim nations still hate Jews!
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/07/news-flash-muslim-nations-still-hate.html
The latest Pew poll on global attitudes mirrors what we have seen in the past.
Ratings of Jews are dismal in the seven predominantly Muslim nations surveyed. About one-in-ten (9%) Muslims in Indonesia, and even fewer in Turkey (4%), the Palestinian territories (4%), Lebanon (3%), Jordan (2%), Egypt (2%) and Pakistan (2%) express favorable opinions of Jews.
Arab nations also overwhelmingly believe that Judaism is a violent religion:
In the Arab countries surveyed, large majorities of Muslims who say some religions are more prone to violence consider Judaism to be the most violent religion; 97% in Jordan, 93% in Egypt, 88% in the Palestinian territories and 77% in Lebanon share this view.
Outside of the Arab world, more than half of Muslims in Indonesia and Pakistan who say some religions are more violent also cite Judaism as the most violent (56% and 54%, respectively). In Turkey, however, slightly more say Christianity is the most violent religion than name Judaism (45% vs. 41%); in 2005, when the question was last asked, more than twice as many Turkish Muslims named Christianity as the most violent religion as named Judaism (46% vs. 20%).
And, as time passes, fewer and fewer Muslims believe that 9/11 was done by Arabs!
When asked about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, few among the Muslim publics surveyed believe these acts were carried out by groups of Arabs. The highest percentage who believe that Arabs were culpable for the 9/11 attacks is found in Lebanon, where 28% of Muslims believe this to be true, with roughly comparable numbers of Sunni (31%) and Shia (26%) agreeing on this point. A similar proportion of Israeli Muslims (27%) also say groups of Arabs conducted the attacks.
In the other predominantly Muslim countries surveyed, fewer than one-in-four Muslims accept that Arabs conducted the attacks on New York and Washington 10 years ago. Pakistanis and Turks are the most skeptical, with just 12% and 9%, respectively, saying that groups of Arabs carried out the 9/11 terrorist acts.
In several of the Muslim nations for which there are trends, skepticism has grown since 2006. Among Jordanians, the percentage of Muslims who believe Arabs were responsible for the terrorist acts has fallen 17 percentage points, compared with five years ago. Over the same period, the percentage of Muslims in Egypt who accept that groups of Arabs carried out the attacks has declined 11 points, while in Turkey it has shrunk by 7 percentage points. In the case of Indonesia and Pakistan, opinions on the matter have changed little since 2006.
(h/t CHA, Zach N)
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