Sniffing Out the Islamophobes in Pew Polling Data

Not sure if this should be in the Life section or here, but ‘Loonwatch’ has an article with interesting data on the presence of Islamophobes. The survey looked at age and education amongst other aspects.

The questions begin with the introduction, “I’m going to read the names of some specific religious groups. For each one that I name, please tell me whether you would favor or oppose this group applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them.” Two of the “groups” covered are interesting: first, “Individual churches, synagogues and other houses of worship” and second**, “Muslim mosques.”

Before presenting the results, it is worth noting a few caveats. First, the difference in the results represents Islamophobia among those willing to provide government funding to religious organizations for the purposes of providing social services generally. The questions do not provide any information on the degree of Islamophobia among those who oppose the government providing such funding to religious groups at all. Second, correlation is not causation. However, readers are invited to provide their thoughts on the reasons for the differential results across subgroups, and some thoughts will be provided below.

Here is the link to the results: Sniffing Out the Islamophobes in Pew Polling Data | loonwatch.com