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MineralMan

(147,334 posts)
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:25 PM Dec 2018

Religious Repression in the USA?: Research Report

Pew Research found some very interesting facts about Christian attitudes toward Islam and Muslims, as reported in Christianity Today last year. This might be fertile ground for anyone concerned about religious repression:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/july/pew-how-white-evangelicals-view-us-muslims-islam.html

Most White Evangelicals Don’t Believe Muslims Belong in America

As much of American society undergoes a secular shift, most Muslims and Christians continue to attend worship, adhere to tenets of their traditions, and proudly identify with their faiths.

But despite this shared sense of religious devotion, as detailed in a new Pew Research Center report on what US Muslims believe and practice, survey data also show a huge gap in their perceptions of each other.

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72 percent of white evangelicals—compared to 44 percent of Americans overall—see a natural conflict between Islam and democracy. And 30 percent of Muslims themselves agree that the two are in conflict.

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A majority of Muslims in the Pew report believe that the rest of America does not see them as part of mainstream society (62%) and indicated they were worried about President Donald Trump (68%), whose immigration policy has targeted people from certain Muslim-majority countries. In surveys, evangelicals have largely approved of Trump’s approach, though many prominent evangelical leaders have spoken out against it.

Evangelicals are slightly more likely than Muslims (14% vs. 12%) to agree that it is often or sometimes justified to target and kill civilians in order to further a political, social, or religious cause. (Also in agreement: 19 percent of black Protestants, 16 percent of Catholics, and 14 percent of all Americans.)


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Religious Repression in the USA?: Research Report (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2018 OP
I grew up in the '70s being told America is a "melting pot" of the world. gtar100 Dec 2018 #1
Thanks for your reply. MineralMan Dec 2018 #2
Should we ignore it elsewhere? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #3
Diversion in action Major Nikon Dec 2018 #4
#Whataboutism n/t trotsky Dec 2018 #5
Of course not. However, this thread is about MineralMan Dec 2018 #6
I do. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #8
If the Catholic Church outraged you half as much as the Chinese... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #7

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
1. I grew up in the '70s being told America is a "melting pot" of the world.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:32 PM
Dec 2018

At the time I had the impression the general consensus was that it was a good thing. As I've lived, I have grown to appreciate the fact that we have people from all over the world and nobody gets to say with absolute authority that one group is better than another (though, lordy, how some sure do try). It's been my privilege and honor to meet so many people from other walks of life right here. Those who don't see that are really missing out on one of the greatest treasures of living in the US.

MineralMan

(147,334 posts)
2. Thanks for your reply.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:57 PM
Dec 2018

There is intolerance and repression everywhere. We ca best fight it close to home, I think.

MineralMan

(147,334 posts)
6. Of course not. However, this thread is about
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 09:17 AM
Dec 2018

religious repression in the Untied States, not in China. It is far simpler to deal with issues closer to home than it is to affect things in other countries. Don't you agree?

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
8. I do.
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 02:36 PM
Dec 2018

But we can also pressure our elected officials to make a response, and use our buying power as well.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
7. If the Catholic Church outraged you half as much as the Chinese...
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 10:30 AM
Dec 2018

...would we be having this conversation?

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