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Support falls for bin Laden among Muslims
(China Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-16 07:20
WASHINGTON: Support for Osama bin Laden and suicide bombings have fallen
sharply in much of the Muslim world, according to a multicountry poll released
on Thursday.
File photo shows
Osama bin Laden in this 2001 file photo. [Reuters]
| The survey by the Pew Research Centre examined public opinion in six
predominantly Muslim nations: Morocco, Pakistan, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan and
Lebanon. It also examined views in nine North American and European countries as
well as in India. In all, more than 17,000 people were questioned either by
telephone of face-to-face.
"There's declining support for terrorism in the Muslim countries and support
for Osama bin Laden is declining. There's also less support for suicide
bombings," said Pew Centre Director Andrew Kohut.
"This is good news, but still there are substantial numbers who support bin
Laden in some of these countries," he told a news conference.
In Morocco, 26 per cent of the public now say they have a lot or some
confidence in bin Laden, down from 49 per cent in a similar poll two years ago.
In Lebanon, where both Muslims and Christians took part
in the survey, only 2 per cent expressed some confidence in the Saudi-born
al-Qaida leader, down from 14 per cent in 2003.
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