Candidates and Radical Islam: Results of Our Survey

We recently asked our readers three questions about radical Islam and the U.S. presidential candidates. Here are the results.

We recently asked our readers three questions about radical Islam and the U.S. presidential candidates. Here are the results of the survey, in which 2, 410 people participated.

Question #1: Do you think the US presidential candidates are sufficiently addressing the threat of radical Islam?

Close to 83 percent of our readers answered no, while seven percent answered yes. (Eight percent said “maybe,” while two percent said they didn’t know.)

Question #2: In terms of radical Islam, what do you think the candidates’ priorities should be?

The top concerns listed were radicalization and home-grown terrorism, followed by Iran, ISIS and other terror organizations, Saudi Arabia, helping to fight terror in Europe and sharia law in America.

Question #3: If you were running for president what would your policies be regarding radical Islam?

Here are the top comments:

  • Deport all radical Islamists immediately.
  • Declare war on ISIS.
  • Accept that it’s a reality and deal with eradicating it in a serious way.
  • Zero tolerance - aggressive punishment.
  • Identify, prosecute, educate, prevention programs.
  • Get tough with Iran, tear up the nuclear treaty, take out ISIS quickly and decisively.
  • End all monies that enable them to exist. Full effort to confront radical Islam, here at home and across Europe and the Middle East.
  • Do not try to change our laws respect our dress code and freedom.
  • Sharia law should not be supported in U.S.
  • Encourage “moderate” Islamists to speak out against radicals.
  • Ban all radical imams and monitor all mosques.
  • Show that the U.S. Constitution and sharia are incompatible.
  • Put a push on identifying radicals and sending them out of the country.
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