Shocker.
Via Christian Post:
A large survey of attitudes and opinions held by people in several Arab states have found that Egyptians and Palestinians are the most sympathetic toward the Islamic State. Among Syrian refugees, 13 percent expressed support for the terror group.
The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, which released its findings this month, carried out a public opinion poll of 600 respondents in the countries of Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Iraq, as well as a sample of 900 Syrian refugees based in camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
While the vast majority, or 72 percent of all respondents said that they have an overall negative view of IS, which has captured territory across Iraq and Syria, the militant group found small pockets of support — overall 4 percent of all respondents said they have a positive view of IS, and 7 percent said “positive to some extent.”
The level of support specifically from the Syrian refugee group was slightly higher than average, however, with 13 percent in total expressing a sympathetic view toward the terror group.
Respondents to the survey from Lebanon were most firmly opposed to IS, with as much as 98 percent of people declaring their opposition to the group. Palestine, on the other hand, had the most support for IS, with as much as 24 percent suggesting sympathetic views.