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WASHINGTON — Americans doubt that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence, a poll said Tuesday.
In a survey that underlined the complex views people have about Muslims, 51 percent agreed that a Muslim center should not be built near the former site of New York’s World Trade Center, compared with 34 percent who said it should be permitted.
The poll, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, found that by 42 percent to 35 percent, most think Islam does not incite violence more than other religions, about the same as said so last year.
The survey was conducted Thursday through Sunday with 1,003 randomly chosen adults. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
