you believe the local coverage of events in Egypt, one might think one has been fighting for decades under the thumb of Mubarak caught, basic democratic society make their way in the long-awaited freedom. How wrong this view is, however, come from a survey by the Pew Research Center clear in the spring of 2010. The Egyptians, which was shown with alarming clarity do one thing: more Islam.
(By Frank Furter)
The US-based Pew Research Center, based in Washington, DC, is considered a conservative think tank and renowned institute for carrying out global surveys. Last year, the researchers asked adult Muslims in seven Muslim countries, including Egypt, according to their religious and political views, with some surprising results.
The good news is that according to the survey, 59 percent of Egyptians called democracy as their preferred system of government. In Lebanon, was the approval by 81 percent the highest in Pakistan with 42 percent the lowest. Split showed the Egyptian Muslims in the question of how large the role of Islam in political life at that time was: 48 percent said it plays a major role, 49 percent said he played a small role.
Large Unanimity was apparent in the question of how the influence of Islam is to evaluate the policy: 91 percent of Muslims in Indonesia and at least 95 percent in Egypt found the influence of Islam was positive. Only in Turkey resulted in the issue, at least about break even (45 to 38 percent). Consequently, 95 percent of Egyptians wanted a greater influence of Islam on politics.
appear in mind, the following results only logical and consistent: 84 percent of Egyptian Muslims demanded to punish apostates from Islam with death, 82 percent supported the stoning of adulterers, 77 percent were justified, it is right to cut off thieves hands, 54 percent wanted the separation of the sexes at work, as were many suicide bombings against civilians for, about half sympathized with Hamas, a third with Hezbollah and at least one-fifth said they to a positive opinion about Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden have.
should be sure, opinions have shifted in the Egyptian society at times slightly. An epoch-making break that might have led to a sudden nationwide to dramatically different views in the population appears, however, extremely misguided.
Rather it is likely that the researchers delivered the Pew Research Center a very representative cross-section of the range of views of the Egyptian population, which even today is largely correct. The raw data of the survey are available online. In the view of the many editors and politicians care primarily about the activity in this country on the Nile, but they are obviously not been included.
On the contrary, one hears and reads, giving what the usual commentators on matters of Egypt on its own, you'd think there was a decades-long inherently democratic and freedom-loving society after suppression on the way to the long-awaited self-determination. In fact, condenses the impression that the medium is not freedom and democracy, but the ideological Contrary to Islam (and with it the Muslim Brotherhood) are on the Nile have the say.
Source: What the Egyptians really do
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