Fears about Islamic extremism are rising in nations with large Muslim populations from the Middle East to South Asia and support for radical groups is on the slide, according to a poll released Tuesday. Concern about extremism has increased in the past 12 months amid the dragging war in Syria and attacks by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, the Pew Research Center found after interviewing more than 14,200 people in 14 countries. Extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Boko Haram and even Hamas, which won elections to take control of running the Gaza Strip, are also losing support. The review was carried out from April 10 to May 25, before the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -- **w renamed the Islamic State -- took over the **rthern Iraqi town of Mosul in a lightning offensive which has seen it seize a large swathe of territory.
07-04-2014, 03:02 AM
Fears of extremism rise in Muslim nations
Fears about Islamic extremism are rising in nations with large Muslim populations from the Middle East to South Asia and support for radical groups is on the slide, according to a poll released Tuesday. Concern about extremism has increased in the past 12 months amid the dragging war in Syria and attacks by Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, the Pew Research Center found after interviewing more than 14,200 people in 14 countries. Extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Boko Haram and even Hamas, which won elections to take control of running the Gaza Strip, are also losing support. The review was carried out from April 10 to May 25, before the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -- **w renamed the Islamic State -- took over the **rthern Iraqi town of Mosul in a lightning offensive which has seen it seize a large swathe of territory.
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