Muslims in America are more likely to identify themselves by nationality rather than religion

Muslims and identity | Differing opinions
Jun 18th 2007
From Economist.com

OF FIVE Western countries polled by the Pew Research Centre, Muslims in Britain were the most likely to identify themselves by religion rather than nationality. A massive 81% considered themselves Muslim first. This was higher than in Spain or America, two other countries in which terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists have been carried out. Indeed, in America, only 47% of Muslims thought of themselves in this way, marginally more than in France. Perhaps a shared background of revolution, a written constitution and promotion of national values explains the similarities between responses in France and America: 62% of Muslims in both countries thought life was better for women there than in Muslim countries. By contrast, a mere 46% of Spanish Muslims agreed.



Source: http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9354590

I'm surprised that the poll results of our #1 enemy, France:evilgrin:, are identical to ours.

Don't Catholics see themselves as Catholics first? If not why the idea that anti gay and anti abortion ideas which come from the bible in most instances trump the law of the land in the minds of the faithful?

The point of this poll is to see if muslims view themselves as apart of our society or as outsiders.