Between November 16th and 17th, the Bloomberg Politics poll carried out a survey on the religious perceptions. The topic was "When it comes to the Islamic faith, which of the following is closer to your view? Islam is a violent religion inherently, which leads its followers to violent acts. Islam is an inherently peaceful religion, but there are some who twist its teachings to justify violence," (“Religion,” 2015).
The poll received responses from six hundred and twenty-eight adults nationwide. The margin error of the research was an absolute value of 3.5. The result showed that twenty-eight percent of the respondents believed that Islamic faith was inherently violent. Sixty-four percent believed that Islamic faith was naturally peaceful. Eight percent of the respondent were unsure about the state of Islamic faith regarding violence.
I believed that the opinion of the poll represented the public views on the Islamic religion. On December 10-13 the same year, a question close to the topic in the carried out by the ABC News and the Washington Post Poll indicated that twenty-eight percent of the citizens believed that Islam encouraged violence. The sample of the research was one thousand and two adults nationwide and a margin error of 3.5. Fifty-four percent claimed that Islam was peaceful while seventeen percent of the respondent were unsure (“Religion,” 2015).
The debate on Islam has been going on for quite long. A good number of people believe that terrorism concerns Muslims targeting non-Muslims. Sennels (2015) affirms the proposition that Islam is the world most violent religion. It is because of these that up to twenty-eight percent of the population believe that Muslims are violent. However, it is also evident that more than half of the population hold that Muslims are mostly non-violent, except for a few of them just like in any other religion.
References
Sennels N. (2015). Research: Islam really is the world’s most violent religion. Jihad Watch. Retrieved on January 24, 2016 from http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/11/research-islam-really-is-the-worlds-most-violent-religion
Religion. (2015). Retrieved on January 24, 2016 from http://pollingreport.com/religion.htm
