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Related: About this forumReligious 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
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 evangelicalscompared to 44 percent of Americans overallsee 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 Trumps 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.)
More at the link...
gtar100
(4,192 posts)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)There is intolerance and repression everywhere. We ca best fight it close to home, I think.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)And what of repression of religion? Less frequent, but still happening.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/24/islamic-leaders-have-nothing-to-say-about-chinas-internment-camps-for-muslims/
Major Nikon
(36,899 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)MineralMan
(147,334 posts)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)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)...would we be having this conversation?