TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - What's special about u.s. muslims? The war on terrorism as seen by muslims in the united states, morocco, egypt, pakistan, and indonesia JO - Studies in conflict and terrorism A1 - Mccauley, C. A1 - Scheckter, S. SP - 1024 EP - 1031 VL - 31 IS - 11 N2 - Since 11 September 2001, Europe has suffered multiple jihadi attacks but the United States has not. This "American exceptionalism" has been attributed to the special qualities of U.S. Muslims, who are seen as politically better integrated and less sympathetic toward radical politics than other Muslims. This article tests the exceptionalism hypothesis bycomparing results from a 2007 Pew poll of U.S. Muslims with results from 2006-2007 START polls of Muslims in Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia. On questions about religious identity, attitude toward Al Qaeda, U.S. intentions in the War on Terrorism, and suicide terrorism, U.S. Muslims differed only slightly from comparison Muslims. © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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LA - en SN - 1057-610X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576100802400193 ID - ref1 ER -