7 Comments on “Muslim Political Attitudes”

1. drbruce Says:
   October 18th, 2006 at 1:43 pm

   Generally this looks pretty good. Something to be optimistic about overall, especially considering all the talk about a conservative swing here. However the 9% who think that bombings are an acceptable form of jihad is rather depressing. Just shows that there are plenty of idiots out there who obviously don’t spend much time reading their Koran.

2. Magy Says:
   October 19th, 2006 at 6:00 pm

   You should always be sceptical to this kind of surveys. People normally answering them are generally more interested in the society and therefore more aware of intolerance and the fake arguments of extremists. Nevertheless I think it proves that SBY’s moderate way to handle intolerance and extremism might be working. Perhaps confrontation isn’t always the best way even if you disagree completely. Perhaps better to deal with extremists “the Indonesian way” than to shoot violent protesters on the street.

   However, this is not to say that we can rest. This kind of forum and website is needed more than ever. Not least to spread the awareness of RI’s enormous challanges ahead to keep on track for non-violence and openness, as well as to point out the importance and correlation between tolerance,openmindedness and intergration into the world community for growth, both personal and economic. The fight for a democratic, tolerance and prosperous RI must never cease.

3. O. Bule Says:
   October 19th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

   This does look hopeful, but I am skeptical of surveys. Who were the Moslems surveyed? If they were from Jakarta or Bandung, upper class, and well off, then I would not be surprised to see the results above. However, if they were from Aceh, I would be very surprised. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

   O. Bule

4. Bradlymail Says:
   October 23rd, 2006 at 6:30 pm

   Great to know that about 80.7% did not support Bali bombing which done by Iman Samudra and 9% was agreed. The 9% who agreed are great danger for Indonesia’s stability…keep watch on them! How the government to tackle them?

5. tanya Says:
   October 25th, 2006 at 6:35 am

   A typical passive middle class that allowed those dirty political adventurer to exploit & develop the minority against majority !

6. ak Says:
   October 27th, 2006 at 6:31 pm

   29% of them are sexist! It is a sad thing that a considerable amount of people still oppose female leadership.

7. CP Says:
   December 8th, 2008 at 2:13 am

   I agree with O.Bule’s skepticism. It would be good to know more about the sample method used. If the survey is accurate though, then a figure of 9% of a population of around 250,000,000 people is still a very scary figure.

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