Islam and Violence
A plurality of Americans (45%) say Islam is no more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers.
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A plurality of Americans (45%) say Islam is no more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers.
Only one-in-five Americans (19%) say they think of themselves as belonging to a minority because of their religious beliefs.
Nearly half of Americans (45%) personally know a Muslim, slightly more than in November 2001, when 38% said they personally knew a Muslim.
A slim majority of Americans (53%) know the Muslim name for God is Allah, and a similar number (52%) can correctly name the Koran as the Islamic sacred text.
A majority (54%) of workers ages 65 and older say the main reason they work is that they want to.
Among workers ages 50 to 61, fully 63% say they might have to push back their expected retirement date because of current economic conditions.
By a ratio of nearly two-to-one, survey respondents say they would prefer a job that offers better security over one that offers higher pay but less stability.
Fully nine-in-ten employed Americans say they are either “completely satisfied” or “mostly satisfied” with their jobs; older working adults are the most content.
About half of all current retirees say they retired because they wanted to.
Publics in all seven NATO countries polled disapproved of President Obama’s original decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
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