Survey of American Muslims

[Cognescenti]

I don't see the revelance of Israel or Palestians to a survey of American Muslims, other than that of course they will have opinions about them both. But as far as the value of the survey, and what we might learn from it, that has to do with the science and integrity of the survey process itself, not events outside the USA.

Except perhaps that the Iraeli-Pelstinian conflict seems to shape every discussion about the realtionsihsip of Islam vis a vis the "West" or, more specifically, of the raltionship of the US with the Islamic world. It seems to trump Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Quaeda, 9-11..you name it.

 

[جوري]

^^ you are on to something.. one more bottle of this stuff you are drinking and by golly you've almost got it!

 

[KAding]

I thought this thread was about US Muslims?

 

[Keltoi]

Mismanaged foreign aid? Yes..that is sort of the point, isn't it? Funny how aid to the PA is "mismanaged" but aid to Israel explains every Israeli success. Hmmm?

Thesaurus?? ***** you

Sharon? Did it occur to you he may have been speaking to a domestic audience? Besides, I wonder how often you cite Sharon as an expert opinion on other matters?

Saturday? You do have a good point there. I am off to saw up a bunch of Escallonia shrubs I forgot to water for a year.

As you say,

Peace!

By the way, I don't even bother responding to the supposed Ariel Sharon "quote" anymore, as it has been debunked as a hoax.

 

[wafa islam]

Out of 270 million Arab people, some 67 million stepped into the twenty-first century without being able to read or write. More political will and public debate on the region's efforts to abolish literacy are needed.
Today 40 per cent of adults in the Arab region are illiterate. And projections show that if current efforts continue, 28 per cent of the region's population will still be illiterate in 2015.


But the situation varies significantly between countries. The greatest numbers of illiterates are in five countries: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, and Yemen where roughly 49 of the 67 million illiterate adults live. This constitutes 73 per cent of all illiterates in the twenty-two Arab countries. Ten Arab countries, namely Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Mauritania account for only 3.6 million illiterates.

What is more alarming is that the rates of illiteracy among women, youth, and the underprivileged sectors of society are even higher, particularly in rural regions. In Yemen, for example, 54 per cent of the country’s 9 million people are illiterate and the figure increases to about 90 per cent among women and 76 per cent among men in rural areas, according to the National Committee for Literacy.

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Peace,

None of us are jew-haters, anti-semitic or whatever the word is. I have a jewish cousin, and I find no problem being with her.

Our noble prophet Muhammad, was married to a Jewish woman. And all Muslims respect her. He defended her when some Arabs said bad things about her.

I am a non Arabic muslim. Don't think that all Muslims are arabs. A very small percentage of Muslims live in Arabic countries. In fact, there are more muslims in Indoneasia than in Saudi Arabia. And if you want to see Islam and true Muslims you don't necessarily look into the Middle-East, because Muslims are everywhere.

Islam denies extremism, racism, anti-semitism, radicalism. You should not judge Islam, by those people you see in the media. These are not muslims.

And the fact that many Arab countries are illiterate, has noting to do with the religion of Islam. Come on, these two things are not even connected !!

And never call Islam a anti-semitic religion. Some few muslims might be anti-semitic, but don't draw Islam into this.


Finally I think it is nice that you discuss with Muslims. Although you off-topic a little bit. (The part where you say that Israel has many engineers and is highly educated, and that Arabs are illiterate, has nothing to do with the title of this thread.)

I like discussing things with my Christian friends, but never do I say hostile things about their religion. Don't attack any religion my dear friend.

Why all the discussion when suicide is haram! Period!

Very true brother.

 

[Cognescenti]

Originally Posted by Aaron85
Out of 270 million Arab people, some 67 million stepped into the twenty-first century without being able to read or write. More political will and public debate on the region's efforts to abolish literacy are needed.
Today 40 per cent of adults in the Arab region are illiterate. And projections show that if current efforts continue, 28 per cent of the region's population will still be illiterate in 2015.


But the situation varies significantly between countries. The greatest numbers of illiterates are in five countries: Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, and Yemen where roughly 49 of the 67 million illiterate adults live. This constitutes 73 per cent of all illiterates in the twenty-two Arab countries. Ten Arab countries, namely Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Mauritania account for only 3.6 million illiterates.

What is more alarming is that the rates of illiteracy among women, youth, and the underprivileged sectors of society are even higher, particularly in rural regions. In Yemen, for example, 54 per cent of the country’s 9 million people are illiterate and the figure increases to about 90 per cent among women and 76 per cent among men in rural areas, according to the National Committee for Literacy.

Aj caramba! That does explain a few things.

 

[wilberhum]

Peace,

None of us are jew-haters, anti-semitic or whatever the word is.

Please define US. Is US, you and your brother?

 

[islamirama]

I think this thread is waaaaay off topic. can't believe this thread even went as long as it is going. What a waste of time....

 

[Muezzin]

I thought this thread was about US Muslims?

So did I.

I think this thread is waaaaay off topic.

So do I.

I'm here with Ben Kenobi!

So am I.

Actually, no I'm not.

But the fact remains this thread has been driven off-topic and there is little to add to it. Therefore, I'm closing it.