Islam and the West
Many Westerners see Muslims as fanatical, violent and intolerant, according to the study by the Pew Research Center in Washington.
Muslims, for their part, tend to view the West as selfish, immoral, and greedy - as well as fanatical and violent - the survey says.
The researchers canvassed the opinions of 14,000 people in 13 countries.
BBC Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy says a string of events, from last year's London bombings to the more recent row over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, appear to have taken their toll on relations between Islam and the West.
Muslim opinions about the West and its people have worsened over the past year and by overwhelming margins
Pew Center report
The Pew Research Center's survey, published on Thursday, speaks of a "great divide" between the two.
It says that Muslims and Westerners blame each other for deteriorating relations.
Muslim people "have an aggrieved view of the West" and are "much more likely than Americans or Western Europeans to blame Western policies for their own lack of prosperity", the authors contend.
By contrast Western publics say Muslims are held back by "government corruption, lack of education and Islamic fundamentalism", they add.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/5110364.stm
Muslims, for their part, tend to view the West as selfish, immoral, and greedy - as well as fanatical and violent - the survey says.
The researchers canvassed the opinions of 14,000 people in 13 countries.
BBC Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy says a string of events, from last year's London bombings to the more recent row over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, appear to have taken their toll on relations between Islam and the West.
Muslim opinions about the West and its people have worsened over the past year and by overwhelming margins
Pew Center report
The Pew Research Center's survey, published on Thursday, speaks of a "great divide" between the two.
It says that Muslims and Westerners blame each other for deteriorating relations.
Muslim people "have an aggrieved view of the West" and are "much more likely than Americans or Western Europeans to blame Western policies for their own lack of prosperity", the authors contend.
By contrast Western publics say Muslims are held back by "government corruption, lack of education and Islamic fundamentalism", they add.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/5110364.stm
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