Do Muslims Around The World Really Hate The US?


Islamic Nations Mostly Unfavorable Towards U.S.

It appears that nations that are predominantly Islamic have negative views or very negative views of the U.S.

Since 2002, the Pew Research Center has conducted surveys in a number of nations with large Muslim populations. Each year, publics have been asked whether they have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. In our most recent polls, intense anti-American sentiment can be found in Egypt (53 percent held a very unfavorable view of America in 2014) and Jordan (51 percent very unfavorable in 2015).

It is true that anti-Americanism is particularly strong in Muslim-majority nations polled in the Middle East. As the 2015 Pew Research Center survey highlights, more than eight in 10 (83 percent) Jordanians voice an unfavorable view of the United States. This is down slightly from immediately after the U.S. invasion of Iraq but largely unchanged throughout most of the Obama administration.

Seven in 10 (70 percent) people in the Palestinian territories also hold an unfavorable view of Uncle Sam. But this negative sentiment is down from 98 percent in May 2003 and 82 percent in the first year of President Barack Obama’s tenure.

Attitudes toward the United States are the product of multiple factors. The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent chaos were deeply unpopular in many predominantly Muslim countries and harmed the U.S. image both in the region and as far afield as Indonesia and Pakistan. But Muslim stereotypes of people in the West also help explain some of this anti-Americanism. Six in 10 or more Muslims across seven largely Muslim countries considered Westerners to be selfish, violent, greedy, and immoral, according to a Pew Research Center survey in 2011. Only about three in 10 saw Westerners as honest, tolerant, and generous.

Obama promised to unite the U.S. and resolve racial tension, but just the opposite has happened, including several riots and racial disharmony which has led to extensive property damage and loss of life. In much the same way,

Obama also promised to be someone who would reach out to various nations and improve relationships with other countries, particularly those in the Middle East, yet the opposite has also occurred, as shown in some of the polls above.  It is actually quite surprising that many American citizens would continue to support Islamic immigration to the U.S. in spite of the great economic cost and uncertainty of whether the refugee groups are harboring Islamic Jihadi.

And it appears that Muslims outside of the U.S. will continue to have negative views of the U.S. and that the issue will continue to be a thorny one throughout the coming presidential campaign. Once again, Obama has proven to be both inept and ineffective in shrinking the divide between the U.S. and other nations, and in improving the perception of other nations towards the U.S. It remains to be seen if the incoming president will be able to solve the riddle that Obama has been unable to address.

Source: news.yahoo.com

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