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Gallup Asks What Muslims Really Think

Most admire the West for technology and human rights

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 17, 2008 7:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – What do the world’s Muslims really think? In an astonishing 6-year study, Gallup interviewed 1 billion of them to find out. The vast majority support democracy, political freedoms, and women’s rights, the Christian Science Monitor reports:

Most said they admire the West for

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