Is It Fact or Fiction? (Part 6)

   We continue in this month’s article with Myth #3: “You Can’t Be Muslim and Be Patriotic to America.” (From “Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam ADL.org)

   Based on a 2011 Pew Research Study survey, there are an estimated 2.75 million Muslims in the United States (some estimates of the Muslim population are larger), making up a little less than 1% of the total population. A 2011 Gallup poll found that the majority of Muslim-Americans say that they are loyal to the United States and are optimistic about the future even though they experience bias and discrimination. In a 2011 study by Pew, a majority of Muslim Americans (56%) reported that most Muslims who come to the United States want to adopt American customs and ways of life.  

   One of the amazing things that I discovered in America is the sincere heart of the American people, or what I call the naïve heart. This is shown in the study by Pew Research and the Gallup poll. Since this study and this poll were done selectively among a small percentage of different pockets of people in America, the researchers or pollsters can generalize it to the rest of the population, and somehow the results of their study or poll can give us a close estimate for how the general population would stand on these issues. 

   When the American people answer the surveys, they do it ...

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