
Muslims Worldwide Hate ISIS, Finds New Study
- By Alison Lesley --
- 20 Nov 2015 --

Millions of Muslims hold unfavorable opinion of terrorist group ISIS.
In a Pew Research Center survey which considered opinions from countries whose populations were largely Muslim, it was found that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a much detested organization, and this was even before the November 13 ISIS-executed terror attacks on Paris that killed 129 people and left more than 300 injured, a third of whom continue to be critical.
PEW Research Shows ISIS is a much detested organization by Muslims.[/tweetthis]
In neighboring Lebanon, a convincing 100% of the population surveyed had an unfavorable opinion of the terrorist outfit, while Jordan reported 94% and Palestine 84%. Indonesia, which has the world's highest concentration of Muslims, some 204 million in all, saw nearly 80% announcing their disdain for the ISIS. This actually amounts to around 150 million if the survey sample represents the entire population of the archipelago.
Nations with significant #Muslim populations have overwhelmingly negative views of #ISIS, survey finds pic.twitter.com/ttL5eg5PIf
— San Antonio Daily (@DailySanAntonio) November 20, 2015
Across the Atlantic, the sentiment is no different in the United States. They say that the atrocities of the ISIS, or ISIL, are not restricted to non-Muslim 'infidels' alone. Thousands of Sunni Muslims have been killed in the Middle East already, even though it has been only a couple of years ever since they established their geographical presence in the region. Imams have not been spared either – anyone who does not support them is simply executed. And all this is on top of their hatred towards Shia Muslims, the only other sect of Islam. Shiite mosques have been blown up, and the violence sees no signs of stopping.
Views of #ISIS are overwhelmingly negative, mostly in Lebanon.
Source: Pew Research Center pic.twitter.com/Lvh2axTU9V
— Edy Semaan (@EdySemaan) November 19, 2015
Muslims' opposition to the ISIS isn't restricted to words of condemnation. The Hezbollah, an armed group consisting of Shia Muslims, is fighting them on the ground in Syria, as are the Shiite Kurds battling them in Iraq, regaining territory one town at a time. Nihad Awad of the U.S.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Hamas front, says that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is neither Islamic in its nature nor a state.