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 25bar 22bar NA
Cameroonbar 43bar 42bar 47
Chadbar 34bar 30bar 38
Djiboutibar 36bar NAbar 36
DR Congobar 28bar 28bar 40
Ethiopiabar 47bar 44bar 55
Ghanabar 39bar 38bar 37
Guinea Bissaubar 24bar 18bar 33
Kenyabar 32bar 30bar 48
Liberiabar 20bar 19bar 27
Malibar 43bar NAbar 44
Mozambiquebar 24bar 26bar 21
Nigeriabar 33bar 25bar 41
Rwandabar 36bar 35bar NA
Senegalbar 50bar NAbar 51
South Africabar 11bar 10bar NA
Tanzaniabar 28bar 21bar 41
Ugandabar 24bar 23bar 29
Zambiabar 27bar 27bar 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?
Read the survey methodology and the topline questionnaire

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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