(INN) — More than a third of Egyptians support the extreme Muslim Brotherhood movement, according to a new surveyconducted by the Egyptian government’s media and decision-making support center.

The survey, the results of which were reported by the pan-Arab daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday, revealed that 35% of citizens support the Muslim Brotherhood while only 21% oppose the movement.

The survey found that 58% of respondents said they would not vote for a president who is not of their religion, but do not reject outright the option that they would vote for a vice president who is not of their religion.

It was also found that 73% of respondents believe that the Egyptian people are a religious people, but that 76% of respondents expressed support for the idea that the religious identity of a person would not be specified on his ID card.

In addition, nearly 80% of respondents think that relations between Christians and Muslims in Egypt are not a source of problems, while 50% believe that “external factors” are the source of the recent sectarian clashes in the country. It was reported this week that the number of Christians to have fled Egypt since March is approaching 100,000 and could reach 250,000 by the end of 2011.