Arab and Muslim Perceptions of the United States
Testimony to U.S. House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
The Pew Research CenterPew Global Attitudes Project: Spring 2005 Survey—FINAL TOPLINE—United States: May 18—May 22, 2005 (N=1,001)Russia: April 28—May 13, 2005 (N=1,002)China: May 21—31, 2005 (N=2,191)Turkey: April 27—May 14, 2005 (N=1,003)India: May 1—May 29, 2005 (N=2,042)Pakistan: May 2—24, 2005 (N=1,225)NOTE: Data based on national samples except in China, India, and Pakistan where the samplewas disproportionately […]
Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in May 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Michael Cook, widely considered among the most outstanding scholars on the history of Islam, is the author of several classic works on […]
On his Beijing trip, President Bush will visit a nation whose people are upbeat about their past and future personal advancement as shown in newly released survey data.
The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys encompassing a broad array of subjects ranging from people’s assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. The Pew Global Attitudes Project is co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of […]
Introduction and Summary Preoccupied with war abroad and growing problems at home, U.S. opinion leaders and the general public are taking a decidedly cautious view of America’s place in the world. Over the past four years, opinion leaders have become less supportive of the United States playing a “first among equals” role among the world’s […]
Akbar Ahmed to Lead Exploration of Islam in the Age of Globalization The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, and American University’s School of International Service are pleased to announce the launch of a new joint initiative: Islam in the Age of Globalization. […]
Summary of Findings The July 7 terrorist bombings in London drew considerable public attention and raised fears of another attack in the United States, but these concerns do not translate into less favorable opinions of either Muslim-Americans or Islam. And compared with 2003, fewer now say that Islam is more likely than other religions to […]