Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Perception of Muslim Support for Al-Qaeda
How many Muslims in your country support Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaeda?

Select a response option and use the arrows to sort the data alphabetically, by total population, among Christians or among Muslims.

% responding Many, most or allJust someVery few or noneNo opinion
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 13bar 14bar NA
Cameroonbar 16bar 17bar 12
Chadbar 37bar 45bar 30
Djiboutibar 38bar NAbar 39
DR Congobar 21bar 20bar 23
Ethiopiabar 15bar 15bar 13
Ghanabar 16bar 13bar 36
Guinea Bissaubar 44bar 50bar 33
Kenyabar 33bar 33bar 29
Liberiabar 25bar 29bar 23
Malibar 8bar NAbar 8
Mozambiquebar 28bar 28bar 29
Nigeriabar 22bar 23bar 21
Rwandabar 11bar 12bar NA
Senegalbar 7bar NAbar 7
South Africabar 21bar 21bar NA
Tanzaniabar 26bar 29bar 21
Ugandabar 27bar 27bar 28
Zambiabar 14bar 14bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q89. In your opinion, how many Muslims in our country support Islamic extremists like al-Qaeda - would you say most, many, just some, or very few?
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Notes

In countries where there were too few interviews with either Muslims or Christians, that subpopulation was not analyzed. Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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