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What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Gallup Press
March 2008
On Sale: February 28, 2008
230 pages ISBN: 1595620176 EAN: 9781595620170 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In a post-9/11 world, many Americans conflate the mainstream
Muslim majority with the beliefs and actions of an extremist
minority. But what do the world’s Muslims think about the
West, or about democracy, or about extremism itself? Who
Speaks for Islam? spotlights this silenced majority. The
book is the product of a mammoth six-year study in which the
Gallup Organization conducted tens of thousands of
hour-long, face-to-face interviews with residents of more
than 35 predominantly Muslim nations — urban and rural,
young and old, men and women, educated and illiterate. It
asks the questions everyone is curious about: Why is the
Muslim world so anti-American? Who are the extremists? Is
democracy something Muslims really want? What do Muslim
women want? The answers to these and other pertinent,
provocative questions are provided not by experts,
extremists, or talking heads, but by empirical evidence —
the voices of a billion Muslims.
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