Controversy?? Help me find out!?

Question

Would u complete this survey 4 my assignment?
1. What is your age?

2. What was your initial reaction to the events of September 11, 2001?

3. As the events began to unfold and the identity of the perpetrators emerged, did your attitude towards Muslims change?

4. What is your main information source (TV, newspapers, radio, internet)? Please be specific (CBC, CNN, the Star, etc).

5. Has the coverage of September 11 and subsequent terrorist attacks made you more critical of the news?

6. When you hear the word “Muslim”, what is the first image that comes to your mind?

7. Do you believe Islam is a religion that preaches killing in the name of God?

8. Do you believe Islam is a violent religion?

9. Do you believe Muslim women are oppressed?

10. Do you believe Muslims hate America?

11. Do you believe Muslims get a bad rap in the media? Why or why not?

12. Do you believe Islam is a misunderstood religion in North America?

Thank you for completing this.

Answer 1

1) 28
2) I was thinking why, and I was mad. Also we had a scare here in Cleveland I believe the plane that was gunned down in Pennsylvania had some kind of contact in Cleve. so I was just concerned about my loved ones who live near the airport.
3)No
4) TV, ABC, NBC, CNN, I stay clear of FOX
5) Yeah, I always knew they weren't telling us everything and were controlling what they wanted us to hear.
6) I think of all the beautiful people that I know.
7) No
8) No
9) Yes & no, I know many muslim women who are not oppressed and are happy devout muslims.
10) No, not all but I am sure there is enough people hating American including some Americans!
11) Yes, I think that people don't study, or they just study enough to prove a point, with out looking at the whole picture, like they will quote the Qu'ran but will not include the whole passage, and maybe a sentence or two will be taken out of contact.
12) Yes

Answer 2

1. 28

2. When the 1st plane hit, I suspected terrorism as I know planes aren't supposed to be close to the towers. When the 2nd hit, I told a lady at the Church office I was in "we are at war".

3. No, I haven't been impressed with radical Islamists at any point. Any group that is allowed to kill those not like them are no good in my book. I was not pleased when the Taliban had those ancient statues blown up just because the statues were representing a different religion.

4. Newspapers. One liberal morning newspaper and one conservative afternoon newspaper. (Their editorial boards are liberal and conservative - their news seems fairly straightfoward most of the time. I can tell when it isn't.)

5. I have always been critical of the news.

6. Unfortunately it is radical Islamists I think of first.

7. There are sections of their Holy Book (Koran, Quran - I don't know how it supposed to be spelled right now) that do allow it, so yes.

8. See #7

9. Some. In some Muslim countries, they can't drive, can't be seen in the company of men who aren't relatives, can't go to school, etc. Also, if you try and no longer be Muslim, sometimes you will be killed. Muslims converting to Christianity have been killed because of that conversion. That is oppression in its most severe form.

10. Some do, but most places of the world have people who hate America. It has to do with America's primacy among nations right now. What the heck, some people hate Switzereland!

11. No. If anything, the media is trying overly hard not to offend. They need to treat the radicals like they treat abortion clinic bombers.

12. To a degree, but that is because the moderate Muslims don't step forward for fear of the radicals. The moderates need to be more vocal. Until they do, the murderers will be the face of their religion, sadly.



Added later - to Ms. 6. What do you mean when you write the plane in PA was "gunned down"?

Answer 3

1. 15yrs old

2. that it was horrible and becuz of it my BESTEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD had to move all the way to the other side of the country... her WHOLE life was just distroyed

3.not as a whole.. just Obama Bin Laden

4.TV- Fox and i guess CNN

5.kinda

6.peps with fair skin and long black hair

7. i dont think so

8. no not really

9. i dont kno.. i guess probably

10. only the shiites.... or which group was it that was messin wit the other?

11. yea i think they do... they associate all muslims with Osama Bin Laden.. idont think their all like that.. my friend is muslim and shes cool

12.yea to some degree