It is not religious discrimination to refer to the Paris killers that yelled “Allahu Akbar” as they fired their weapons with deadly precision as “Islamic terrorists,” according to new poll.
Despite the administration’s reluctance to use the term, a new poll found that 60 percent of adults don’t think it is discriminatory to call them religious terrorists.
What’s more, the new Rasmussen Reports survey confirmed earlier surveys that found most Americans believe that a similar religious attack will occur in the United States.
Some 65 percent think it’s likely an attack on those critical of Islam will happen in this country in the next year, said Rasmussen. A similar poll in Secrets last week said that 74 percent are deeply worried that the a “catastrophic terrorist attack” by Islamic militants will occur in the United States.
Rasmussen hinted at a reason why the American public is concerned: 41 percent “still believe most Muslims around the world view the United States as an enemy.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
