Poll: Nearly 40% of Likely Republican Caucus-Goers Consider Islam Inherently Violent
The view is bound to shape the 2016 debate.
Muslims participate in a Friday prayer November 14, 2014 at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
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Two out of five Republicans likely to participate in Iowa's presidential caucuses say they are inclined to view Islam as an inherently violent religion that inspires brutality by its followers, according to a new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.
Twice as many Democrats—along with a majority of Republicans—say they view the world's second largest religion as inherently peaceful, the poll found.