Strong support for Sharia in Jordan, PA, Egypt
Posted by Robert on February 9, 2006 6:51 AM

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: [1] Martin Kramer has kindly alerted me to this illuminating table, showing how widespread is support for the idea that "Sharia should be the only source of legislation" -- which is, of course, the goal of jihadists worldwide.
Asked whether Shari'a should be the only source of legislation, one of the sources of legislation, or not be a source of legislation, most Muslims believed it should at least be a source of legislation. Support was particularly strong in Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt, where approximately two-thirds of Muslim respondents stated that the Shari'a must be the only source of legislation; while the remaining third believed that it must be "one of the sources of legislation." By comparison, in Lebanon and Syria, a majority (nearly two thirds in Lebanon and just over half in Syria) favored the view that Shari'a must be one of the sources of legislation.
Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/02/strong-support-for-sharia-in-jordan-pa-egypt.html
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