WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations says a poll indicates a quarter of U.S. residents believes several anti-Muslim stereotypes.
The council also found that negative images of Muslims are 16 times more prevalent than positive ones.
Other poll results include:
-- More than one-fourth of survey respondents agreed with stereotypes such as "Muslims teach their children to hate" and "Muslims value life less than other people."
-- When asked what comes to mind when they hear "Muslim," 32 percent of respondents made negative comments. Only two percent had a positive response.
-- Those with the most negative attitudes toward Islam and Muslims tend to be less-educated white males who are politically conservative.
Survey results were based on 1,000 telephone interviews conducted by California-based Genesis Research Associates between June 23 and July 2. Interviewers spoke with a gender-balanced random sample of respondents across the continental United States. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
