Poll Finds No Difference In Religiosity In Muslim Radicals and Moderates

This month's Foreign Policy carries an article titled What Makes a Muslim Radical?. It reports on a Gallup World Poll of more than 9,000 interviews in nine Muslim countries. The poll shows that Muslim radicals have more in common with Muslim moderates than previously thought. It finds that there is no significant difference in religiosity, or attendance at religious services, between moderates and radicals. The main difference between the two groups seems to be that radicals are more likely to feel that the West threatens and attempts to control their way of life, while moderates want to build economic ties with the West.