[Reader-list] Wash. Post.: Half of Americans poll want to restrict Muslims's civil liberties

[Vivek Narayanan]

Terrifying news.  What can one say?

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NATION IN BRIEF

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9289-2004Dec17.html?sub=AR

Saturday, December 18, 2004; Page A28

Limit Muslim Americans' Rights, Many in Poll Say

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nearly half of Americans believe the government should 
restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans, according to a nationwide 
telephone poll of 715 people.

The Cornell University survey found that 44 percent favored at least some 
restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. Forty-eight 
percent said liberties should not be restricted in any way. The margin of 
error was plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Pollsters found that Republicans and people who described themselves as 
highly religious were more apt to support curtailing Muslims' civil 
liberties than Democrats or people who say they are less religious. 
Researchers also found that respondents who paid more attention to 
television news were more likely to fear terrorist attacks and support 
limiting the rights of Muslim Americans.