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December 18, 2004
First They Came for the Muslims...
A Cornell University study finds that support for placing special serious restrictions on Muslim-Americans' civil liberties correlates with strength of religious belief and exposure to television news:
The survey showed that 27 percent of respondents supported requiring all Muslim-Americans to register where they lived with the federal government. Twenty-two percent favored racial profiling to identify potential terrorist threats. And 29 percent thought undercover agents should infiltrate Muslim civic and volunteer organizations to keep tabs on their activities and fund-raising....
While researchers said they were not surprised by the overall level of support for curtailing civil liberties, they were startled by the correlation with religion and exposure to television news.
What's next? A debate on whether all Muslims should be required to wear a crescent at all times?
Posted by zeynep at December 18, 2004 11:05 AM
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