Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: 150 anni fa erano i Cattolici, 50 anni fa gli Ebrei

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19874703/site/newsweek/?from=rss
Forty percent of those surveyed believe Muslims in the United States
are as loyal to the U.S. as they are to Islam. (Thirty-two percent
believe American Muslims are less loyal to the U.S.) But close to half
(46 percent) of Americans say this country allows too many immigrants
to come here from Muslim countries.
...
The concern over radicalism seems to translate into some support for
FBI wiretapping of mosques. Roughly half (52 percent) of the poll's
respondents favor this kind of surveillance. The same number rejects
the notion that Muslim Americans are unfairly singled out or profiled
by law enforcement, while more than a third (38 percent) do think
Muslims are unfairly targeted.
...
Americans are split on whether they would vote for a qualified Muslim
for political office (45 percent would, and the same amount would
not). Younger Americans tend to be more likely to vote for a Muslim
candidate. More than half (57 percent) of Americans between the ages
of 18 and 39 say they would cast their ballot for a qualified Muslim-a
number that dips to 44 percent for the 40-59 crowd and drops to 32
percent among Americans 60 and older.
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1341
On Religion: By a wide margin, respondents believe Americans think
Muslims are the most likely to engage in terrorism (83%). Moreover,
42% believe Americans would be most concerned about their child dating
a Muslim; followed by an atheist (17%), and a Mormon (14%).In addition
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19879227/site/newsweek/page/0/
A Muslim woman explains why she decided to stop wearing the hijab and
the role faith plays in her life as an American.
NEWSWEEK: Do you wear the hijab?
Karima Berkani: Not anymore. I went through a period where I wore it
before September 11, and after [the 9/11 attacks] I tried to keep it
up for almost a year, but [I was] being accosted. Although I could
deal with it, my parents had a problem with it. I was attracting
attention, and it was creating a huge divide in my family. They
thought it wasn't safe for me to wear it.
...
Was there a big change in the way you were treated after September 11?
After September 11, a lot happened. One time I was walking with my
cousin and this college guy ran up to us and was like "You f---ing rag
head, go back to where you came from." But I've been living in Madison
my whole life, probably longer than him. At airports, I would give
people my American passport but they would still assume that I'm an
immigrant, that I don't speak English. Going onto an airplane, people
would poke the person next to them, point at me and start whispering.
And that's what really upset me. People were afraid of me like I was
holding a gun to their face, just by existing. But the people who were
affected most by it were Muslim men, my boyfriend and my father,
because when I was wearing hijab they got weird looks, too. One time
someone asked my father why he makes his daughter wear that, or people
would assume my dad is my husband.
....
To a lot of Americans the veil represents oppression. As an American
woman who enjoys freedoms that women don't necessarily enjoy in the
Arab world, what is your stance on that?
It depends on the context. If a woman isn't given the right to choose,
if she's forced to wear it, then it is a symbol of oppression, as
anything would be that you are forced to do. I could say the same
thing about American society making me wear short shorts because it's
the style. I felt like it was incredibly liberating to wear hijab
because I was moving away from that pressure to wear this or that or
whether my thighs were OK. I felt like "judge me for what I'm saying
as opposed to what I look like."
GT

 are as loyal to the U.S. as they are to Islam.
E che ca**o e' la "lealta' all'Islam"? Esiste uno stato o una nazione
chiamata Islam per il povero *IDIOTA* di un Torrieri?
-Stefano