83% of Nigerian Muslims do not support Boko Haram – Poll

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According to research gathered by a Global Attitudes Project from Pew Research 83% of Nigerian Muslims have an unfavorable opinion of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram.

The report also found that 69% of Nigerians are concerned about the violence being perpetrated by the Islamic sect.

When asked about the Islamist group Boko Haram, roughly eight-in-ten Nigerian Muslims (83%) say they have an unfavorable opinion of the extremist movement. Even more Nigerian Christians (92%) say the same.

Fewer say their worries focus on the possibility that extremism will lead to reduced personal freedoms (19%), hurt the country’s economy (15%), or divide the nation (10%)

Christian Nigerians worried about Islamic extremism are also most concerned about the violent nature of extremist groups (64%)

Amid the plethora of terrorist attacks in Nigeria’s north, support among Nigerian Muslims for suicide bombing has plummeted since 2010 – from 34 per cent three years ago to just eight per cent today, the report continued.

 

[Vanguard]

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