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Thread #76640   Message #1360357
Posted By: Greg F.
18-Dec-04 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Land Of The Free
Subject: BS: Land Of The Free
Clueless.

44 percent of Americans want to restrict civil rights of Muslim- Americans; results called "disturbing"

By WILLIAM KATES, Associated Press
First published: Saturday, December 18, 2004

ITHACA -- Nearly one in two Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict civil liberties for Muslim-Americans, according to a nationwide Cornell University poll on terrorism fears.

The survey also found respondents who identified themselves as highly religious supported restrictions on Muslim-Americans more strongly than those less religious...