NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Kennedy School of Government Civil Liberties

IX. Views of Muslims, Arabs, and Arab-Americans

Note: As shown, some questions were asked only of subsets of respondents (e.g., people who said they had decided how they would vote). Unless otherwise indicated, the tables reflect percentages of the subset that was asked the question, not percentages of the overall population. An asterisk (*) indicates a response of less than 1 percent. A cross indicates a volunteered response.

56. Do you agree or disagree that most Arab-Americans and immigrants from the Middle East are loyal to the United States?

 

Agree

Disagree

Don't know

11/12/01

62

27

11

(Asked of one half of total respondents; n = 602)

57a1. How do you think most Arab-Americans and immigrants from the Middle East feel about the terrorists' cause? Do you think they are more sympathetic to the terrorists' cause than other Americans, or about the same as other Americans on this?

 

More sympathetic to terrorists' cause

About the same as other Americans

Don't know

11/12/01

20

73

7

(Asked of one half of total respondents; n = 602)

57a2. How do you think most Arab-Americans and immigrants from the Middle East feel about the terrorists' acts? Do you think they are more sympathetic to the terrorists' ACTS than other Americans, or about the same as other Americans on this?

 

More sympathetic to terrorists' acts

About the same as other Americans

Don't know

11/12/01

18

77

5

(Asked of one half of total respondents; n = 606)

57b1. How do you think most Muslim Americans feel about the terrorists' cause? Do you think they are more sympathetic to the terrorists' cause than other Americans, or about the same as other Americans on this?

 

More sympathetic to terrorists' cause

About the same as other Americans

Don't know

11/12/01

20

73

7

(Asked of one half of total respondents; n = 606)

57b2. How do you think most Muslim Americans feel about the terrorists' acts? Do you think they are more sympathetic to the terrorists' ACTS than other Americans, or about the same as other Americans on this?

 

More sympathetic to terrorists' acts

About the same as other Americans

Don't know

11/12/01

12

81

7



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